2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $8,756 per year.
Winona State also made our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 a year.
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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 fairly large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Cloud State University are $9,192 a year.
St. Cloud State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Moorhead helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Minnesota. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the 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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Hamline University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit school 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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With a ranking of #7, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
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Bethel University Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Bethel University Minnesota graduate students pay an average of $11,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Saint Mary’s University of 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 #9 on the list. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.
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Capella University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school 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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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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.