by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Southwest region, there were 3,388 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,491 and $24,493 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education subject specific. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in teacher education subject specific.
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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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 7 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s subject specific ed students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 8 doctorate’s subject specific ed 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Teacher Education Subject Specific at Texas Tech University
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 15 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, 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 94%.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Texas State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Full University of Oklahoma Teacher Education Subject Specific Report
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