2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 6,490 people earned their degree in reading teacher education, making the major the 129th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 185 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in reading teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in reading teacher education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree reading teacher education students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education in the Far Western US Region

1

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Washington University is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Reading Teacher Education at EWU

2

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s reading teacher education students in 2020-2021.

Full Western Oregon University Reading Teacher Education Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education

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

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