2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,105 people earned their degree in reading teacher education, making the major the 133rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 823 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in reading teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality reading teacher education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the reading teacher education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 8 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Reading Teacher Education at Sam Houston State University

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 7 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree reading teacher education students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Reading Teacher Education at University of Arizona

#2

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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