2023 Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Plains States Region
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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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 58 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online .
Top 10 Most Popular Online Education Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for education students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The excellent online programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
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Out of the 58 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
Out of the 58 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.
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With a ranking of #6, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Located in the small city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #9, Midland University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fremont.
Kansas State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.
Most Popular Online Education Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 2,994 |
| Missouri | 4,657 |
| Minnesota | 6,976 |
| Iowa | 1,401 |
| North Dakota | 619 |
| Nebraska | 2,838 |
| South Dakota | 453 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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.
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