2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,517 people earned their degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching

1

Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. This small school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Brenau

2

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #2 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 1 doctorate’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full KSU Georgia Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 0 doctorate’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Mississippi State

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.

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