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2023 Most Popular Education Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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Finding the Best Education Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Education Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

Check out the education master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Minnesota.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 87% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 13% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a great place for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 81% of the education majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 70% of the education majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Concordia University, Saint Paul helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.

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#6

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 208 students majoring in education at Hamline, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree education programs. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.

About 77% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 23% are male.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree education programs. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 61% of the education majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #9, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#10

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

With a ranking of #10, Saint Cloud State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their master’s degree. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

About 65% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 35% are male.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools 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 22 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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