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2023 Best Value Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

27 Colleges
$17,182 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,000 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 7,906 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 27 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri

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

Top 10 Best Education Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies the best value school in Missouri for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Fayette, CMU CGES is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

CMU CGES undergraduate students pay an average of $6,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CMU CGES also made our Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Northwest undergraduate students pay an average of $8,852 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a very large student population.

Missouri State undergraduate students pay an average of $8,294 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Missouri. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri Western State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the small city of Saint Joseph, Missouri Western is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Missouri Western are $7,930 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Central Missouri did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCM are $9,078 a year.

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Southeast Missouri State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Missouri State University are $8,715 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Missouri Southern State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Joplin, Missouri Southern is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri Southern are $7,762 per year.

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University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UMSL undergraduate students pay an average of $12,015 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. UMKC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMKC are $11,271 per year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Minnesota 9,682
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
Nebraska 4,167
North Dakota 1,291

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

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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