2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You
General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 2,028 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota
The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Martin Luther College to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Minnesota. MLC is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of New Ulm.
MLC graduate students pay an average of $5,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Winona State are $8,756 a year.
Winona State also took the #2 spot in our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Northwestern - St Paul helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Minnesota. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $8,982 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Southwest Minnesota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Minnesota. Southwest Minnesota State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Marshall.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Minnesota State University are $8,818 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hamline University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.
Hamline also took the #5 spot in our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.
Bemidji State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the remote town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public school with a small student population.
Bemidji State University graduate students pay an average of $9,586 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.
SMU MN graduate students pay an average of $10,890 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
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Bethel University Minnesota came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 per year.
Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 493 |
Kansas | 373 |
Iowa | 226 |
South Dakota | 88 |
North Dakota | 24 |
Nebraska | 59 |
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General Education Related Majors for Education
General Education is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.
Education Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Education | 29,810 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
Educational Administration | 46,469 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
Special Education | 36,792 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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