by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 327,871 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 74,881 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,366 and $24,123 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31,515 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 292 colleges that offered a degree in education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in education.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. University of West Alabama is a public institution located in Livingston, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,072 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Georgetown, Kentucky, and it awarded 168 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 458 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Cumberlands. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,311 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hobe Sound Bible College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Hobe Sound, Florida, and it awarded 9 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Greensboro College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Columbia College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 111 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
Piedmont College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Piedmont College is a small school located in Demorest, Georgia that handed out 242 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Thomas University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Thomasville, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 86 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
Louisiana College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Pineville, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Delta State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Cleveland, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 194 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 1,047 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Averett University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. AU is located in Danville, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 77 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
Tusculum University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tusculum University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greeneville, Tennessee. It awarded 93 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, Converse College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Converse College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 69 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Mississippi College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clinton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 267 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Carson - Newman University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 136 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Columbia International University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. CIU is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 79 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Holy Cross came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UHC is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Georgia College & State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #20. Georgia College is located in Milledgeville, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 295 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, Longwood University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Longwood University is a small school located in Farmville, Virginia that handed out 153 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
LaGrange College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. Lagrange, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Southern Wesleyan University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. SWU is a small school located in Central, South Carolina that handed out 57 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Salem College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 175 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Not only did these schools make the top 44 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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