by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Teacher Education Subject Specific is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 43,297 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, teacher education subject specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,245 and had an average of $24,696 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 1,401 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,647 and $27,403 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,633 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education subject specific. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in teacher education subject specific.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Regent University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 7 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Regent University Teacher Education Subject Specific Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Virginia Tech Teacher Education Subject Specific Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in Virginia list. Located in Winchester, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s subject specific ed students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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