If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in other education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #55 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of other education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 doctor's degrees in other education during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 other education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
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 easy is it for other education to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other education related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other education students working on their doctor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Missouri Baptist University is a good option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in other education. MBU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the other education program make an average of $83,275 in the first couple years of their career.
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).