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Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

2023 Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

5 Colleges
$36,000 Avg Salary
$25,925 Avg Student Debt

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Missouri to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online bachelor's degree.

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

Of the 176 students majoring in education at CMU CGES, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Missouri. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 22% are male.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Missouri. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 78% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCM is a large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

Of the 229 students majoring in education at UCM, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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#5

Calvary University

Kansas City, MO

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Calvary University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Missouri. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Calvary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

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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 5 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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