2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
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The Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 117 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region .
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northwestern does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 2% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wisconsin Lutheran College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
WLC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 117 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central College landed the # 3 spot on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at North Central. In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of St Francis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in the Great Lakes Region .
University of Saint Francis does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UIUC. In fact, around 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Carroll University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Carroll U. In fact, around 32% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Carthage College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Online graduate courses are available at Carthage, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 62% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Bradley University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Bradley does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #9, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Purdue does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 60% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Lewis University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Lewis does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
UW - La Crosse does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Valparaiso University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Valpo, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #13, Dominican University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that Dominican U does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #14, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UIC. In fact, around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Olivet Nazarene University landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Olivet Nazarene. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Viterbo University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Viterbo does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #17, Ball State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Ball State. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Aurora University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
One thing to take note of is that Aurora does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 87% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #19 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UW - Madison. During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #20, University of Wisconsin - River Falls did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UW - River Falls does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 92% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #21, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that Loyola Chicago does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Michigan State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Michigan State. In fact, around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Elmhurst University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #23 on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Elmhurst. During the 2019-2020 year, about 64% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
IU Bloomington does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Roosevelt University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Roosevelt does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 44% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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