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2021 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

64 Colleges
5,463 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,452 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

This year's Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 64 colleges that offer a bachelor's in subject specific ed. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education subject specific programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the teacher education subject specific program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

Check out the subject specific ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

University of Florida tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional teacher education subject specific students. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UF is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. About 11,205 of the students at UF are attending part time.

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best teacher education subject specific schools for non-traditional students. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee. Florida State also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #2.

About 1.0% of Florida State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 20,172 students at Florida State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,311 part time students in attendance at Florida State.

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University of Louisville earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Louisville. UofL also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.

About 1.7% of UofL students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,578 students at UofL that take at least one class online. About 6,267 of the students at UofL are attending part time.

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North Carolina State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best teacher education subject specific schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NC State has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region ranking.

About 1.0% of NC State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 14,604 students take at least one class online at NC State. 7,732 of NC State students are attending part time.

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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Athens State University. Athens State University is a small public school located in the town of Athens.

The student loan default rate at Athens State University is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. 1,673 students at Athens State University are exclusively online. 1,626 students are part time.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population. USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list.

The student loan default rate at USF Tampa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,899 students at USF Tampa that take at least one class online. 13,938 students are part time.

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George Mason University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax. As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at GMU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 12,712 part time students in attendance at GMU.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Appalachian State University. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Boone. Appalachian State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list.

About 1.3% of Appalachian State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,639 students take at least one class online at Appalachian State. 2,303 students are part time.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Central Florida. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando. UCF also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. 23,575 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize East Carolina University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville. ECU excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list.

The student loan default rate at ECU is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,522 students at ECU that take at least one class online. 7,199 students are part time.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Southeast Region non-traditional students studying Subject Specific Ed that almost earned our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
12 Auburn University Auburn, AL

Best for Non-Traditional Students Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 994
Georgia 594
Tennessee 185
North Carolina 619
Virginia 1,013
South Carolina 277
Kentucky 632
Alabama 438
Louisiana 605
Mississippi 350
Arkansas 381
West Virginia 85

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Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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