2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 113 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Our analysis found Bellevue University to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region .
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Bellevue University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Drake does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Jamestown. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
One thing to take note of is that UJ does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Online graduate courses are available at NWC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 94% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia College at Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Concordia College Moorhead. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 53% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UST MN. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Creighton 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 #7 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Creighton does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Augustana 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 #8 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Augustana Sioux Falls. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
Northern State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NSU. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Winona State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Winona State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 66% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Mary landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
UMary does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Loras College 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 #12 on the list.
Loras does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 44% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #13, Dakota State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Dakota State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 96% took at least some of their classes online.
Augsburg University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that Augsburg does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 4% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Northern Iowa came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UNI. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
Buena Vista University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that BVU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #17, Wayne State College 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 WSC. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #18, Minot State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
MSU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln 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 #19 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at UNL, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 48% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Newman 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 #20 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Newman University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 42% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #21, Simpson College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Simpson College. In fact, around 38% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #22 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
One thing to take note of is that Mizzou does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Dickinson State 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.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at DSU. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Doane 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 #24 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Doane Crete. During the 2019-2020 year, about 10% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus 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 #25 on the list.
North Dakota State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 20% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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*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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