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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$12,754 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 9,682 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Winona State University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Minnesota. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

Winona State graduate students pay an average of $8,756 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Winona State also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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Out of the 12 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 per year.

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#3

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Out of the 12 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

St. Cloud State University graduate students pay an average of $9,192 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

St. Cloud State University also took the #4 spot in our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a great value for education students working on their doctor’s degree. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 a year.

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#6

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

With a ranking of #6, Hamline University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.

Hamline did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato 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 #7 on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

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#8

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Bethel University Minnesota 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

SMU MN graduate students pay an average of $10,890 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
Missouri 7,906
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

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 12 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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