2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Alabama

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Grade Specific Ed Major in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 110,226 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,970 and had an average of $24,228 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 2,521 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,385 and $27,686 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,366 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their teacher education grade specific program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree grade specific ed students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Alabama

1

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

#1 overall quality in Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alabama list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Full Auburn Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

#4 overall quality in Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alabama. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 UAB Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

3

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#2 overall quality in Alabama

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. UA is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

• *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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