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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

43 Colleges
$11,838 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 199,724 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

Today's 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor'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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named William Woods University the best value school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Fulton, William Woods is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

William Woods graduate students pay an average of $7,200 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Doane University

Crete, NE

Out of the 43 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Doane University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Crete.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Doane Crete are $8,586 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southwest Baptist University is a great value for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Baptist University are $5,388 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

MSU Moorhead graduate students pay an average of $11,052 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, MSU Moorhead also is in the top 15% of our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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Winona State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 a year.

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#7

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Drake University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Drake are $11,988 a year.

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#8

Evangel University

Springfield, MO

Evangel University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Evangel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Evangel are $8,838 per year.

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#10

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

With a ranking of #10, Hamline University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 a year.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,994
Missouri 4,657
Minnesota 6,976
Iowa 1,401
North Dakota 619
Nebraska 2,838
South Dakota 453

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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