2021 Highest Paid Education Graduates in Arizona
Finding the Best Education School for You
Out of the 33 majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 4th in Arizona. In fact, 3,058 were awarded in the state in 2018-2019. This means that of the 88,927 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 3.4% were from a college or university in the state.
The education 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 Highest Paid Education Graduates.
For this year's Highest Paid Education Graduates in Arizona ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in education.
The numbers used in this ranking are early career salaries, which we define to be 10 years after a student started college. This is the salary typically earned 4-6 years after graduation, but may be different depending on how long a person takes to complete their degree.
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Comparing Average Salaries of Education Majors
After graduating, education majors that go to school in Arizona go on to jobs making an average of $34,508 per year. Unfortunately, that is 13% less than the average salary of a typical college graduate. However, graduates from the schools below may make more than this.
The national average salary for education bachelor's degree holders is $34,031. That's pretty close to the average for students who get their degree from a school in Arizona.
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2021 Highest Paid Education Grads in Arizona
The highest paid education majors graduate from the following colleges and universities.
Best Schools for Highly Paid Education Graduates in Arizona
Our rankings recognize Arizona State University - Polytechnic as the #1 school in this year's rankings. ASU - Polytechnic is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Mesa.
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Arizona State University - Tempe earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Arizona State University - West landed the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid education school. ASU - West is a small public school located in the city of Glendale.
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Northern Arizona University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.
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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Arizona-South. UA South is a fairly small public school located in the city of Sierra Vista.
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University of Arizona comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.
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University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid education school. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.
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Grand Canyon University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid education school. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.
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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings for highest paid education school. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a very large student population.
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Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 33 | 1,415 |
Oklahoma | 33 | 1,293 |
New Mexico | 30 | 611 |
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Education Related Rankings by Major
Education Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 2,004 |
Special Education | 601 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 216 |
Other Education | 149 |
Educational Assessment | 83 |
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Most Popular Majors Related to Education
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Social Sciences | 2,563 |
Communication & Journalism | 2,437 |
Psychology | 1,932 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 661 |
History | 424 |
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Notes and References
- 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.
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