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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

20 Colleges
$11,285 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

Education is the most popular major in Indiana with 8,353 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in Indiana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

Check out the education master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Education Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Fort Wayne the best value school in Indiana for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at PFW are $6,552 per year.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.

Purdue did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Southeast is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school located in the large suburb of New Albany.

Indiana University - Southeast graduate students pay an average of $8,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ball State are $10,144 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ball State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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Out of the 20 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Northwest landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Northwest are $8,270 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, Bethel University - Mishawaka did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Bethel University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Mishawaka.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University are $7,880 per year.

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#7

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree education programs. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Valparaiso.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Valpo are $12,220 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Valpo is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $11,329 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington also took the #4 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

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Indiana University - South Bend landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree education programs. Located in the midsize city of South Bend, Indiana University - South Bend is a public college with a small student population.

Indiana University - South Bend graduate students pay an average of $8,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 6,636
Ohio 3,830
Wisconsin 2,679
Michigan 2,978

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

Majors Similar to Education

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 20 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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