2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Southeast Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,452 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 895 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 77 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The secondary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region”.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Southeast Region
Out of the 77 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wendell, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College
Out of the 77 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Baptist College landed the #2 spot on the list. Trinity Baptist College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 3 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Trinity Baptist College
Out of the 77 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shepherd University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Shepherd University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Liberty University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. West Liberty University is a public institution located in West Liberty, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at West Liberty University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Institute, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Full WVSU Secondary Education Report
Glenville State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Glenville, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Glenville State College
Welch College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Welch is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gallatin, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Welch
Tennessee Wesleyan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Athens, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Tennessee Wesleyan University
Kentucky Wesleyan College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Owensboro, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Wesleyan
Ouachita Baptist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ouachita Baptist Secondary Education Report
Concord University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Athens, West Virginia, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Concord University
University of South Carolina - Upstate came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. USC Upstate is a medium-sized public school situated in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It awarded 23 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at University of South Carolina - Upstate
Marshall University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Marshall University
University of North Alabama ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full UNA Secondary Education Report
Freed-Hardeman University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. FHU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henderson, Tennessee. It awarded 7 bachelors’s secondary teaching 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%.
Read more about Secondary Education at FHU
West Virginia Wesleyan College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. West Virginia Wesleyan College is a small school located in Buckhannon, West Virginia that handed out 4 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full West Virginia Wesleyan College Secondary Education Report
The University of Tennessee - Martin landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Martin, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at The University of Tennessee - Martin
Thomas More University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Crestview Hills, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Thomas More
Bellarmine University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Bellarmine U is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 11 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Bellarmine U
Nicholls State University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Nicholls State University
Berry College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Mount Berry, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Berry College
With a ranking of #22, Middle Georgia State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Middle Georgia State University
Mississippi State University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full Mississippi State Secondary Education Report
Tennessee Technological University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Tennessee Tech University is a public institution located in Cookeville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Tennessee Tech University Secondary Education Report
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
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