Ranked #13 in popularity, curriculum & instruction is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 28 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of curriculum & instruction. Combined, these schools handed out 1,827 master's degrees in curriculum & instruction to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Curriculum & Instruction School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of curriculum & instruction for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on curriculum & instruction students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of curriculum & instruction students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt curriculum & instruction students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized curriculum & instruction related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for curriculum & instruction students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Curriculum & Instruction Schools
The curriculum school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.
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Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in curriculum & instruction needs to check out University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.
Master's students who receive their degree from the curriculum program earn around $53,385 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in curriculum & instruction has to look into University of Missouri - Columbia. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the curriculum program report average early career income of $49,355.
It is hard to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you want to pursue a master's degree in curriculum & instruction. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the curriculum program state that they receive average early career income of $51,473.
University of St Thomas Minnesota is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in curriculum & instruction. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul.
After graduating, curriculum master's recipients usually make around $54,441 in their early careers.
Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population.
Master's recipients from the curriculum & instruction program at University of Kansas make $3,013 above the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public university with a small student population.
Curriculum & Instruction master's degree recipients from Minnesota State University - Moorhead get an earnings boost of around $4,826 over the typical earnings of curriculum & instruction majors.
Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Seward.
Master's recipients from the curriculum & instruction major at Concordia University, Nebraska get $4,722 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of curriculum & instruction for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
