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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region

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67 Degrees Awarded
$72,748 Avg Salary
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region

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General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,988 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,715 and $16,946 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree education students.

Top 6 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Incarnate Word landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the Incarnate Word is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of the Incarnate Word General Education Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 14 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General Education at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 24 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong General Education Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 14 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at ASU - Tempe

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 3 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Education at University of Arizona

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 67 doctorate’s education degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Education at NMSU Main Campus

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