2023 Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in California for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in California for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. 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 California, there were 7,601 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,370 and $24,254 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,525 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in California for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. To top this list, a school must have a successful teacher education grade specific program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in California for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in California

1

University of California - Davis
Davis, California

#11 overall quality in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in California for a Doctorate list. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Teacher Education Grade Specific at UC Davis

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University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

#20 overall quality in California

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Grade Specific Ed Major in California for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s grade specific ed degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 USFCA Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in the Far Western US Region
• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific

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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