2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 District of Columbia, there were 29 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,621 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education subject specific. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their teacher education subject specific program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

$76,621 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 24 masters’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 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at George Washington University

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at Catholic University of America

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.