by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Reading Teacher Education is the 129th most popular major in the country with 6,490 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,333 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree reading teacher education students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 6 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Reading Teacher Education Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Reading Teacher Education at Middle Tennessee State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Reading Teacher Education at University of Georgia
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #4 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 6 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alabama A & M University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Reading Teacher Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Normal, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s reading teacher education students in 2020-2021.
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