2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education in the Southeast Region

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Mathematics Education is the 204th most popular major in the country with 3,395 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 399 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics education. That schools that top this list have a program in mathematics education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education in the Southeast Region

1

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 7 doctorate’s math teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mathematics Education at Regent University

2

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#10 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s math teacher education students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Georgia Mathematics Education Report

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 2 doctorate’s math teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mathematics Education at North Carolina State University

4

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s math teacher education students in 2020-2021.

Full Florida Institute of Technology Mathematics Education Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education

Notes and References

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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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