by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama” ranking.
Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Alabama, there were 520 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 159 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Alabama”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. UNA is a medium-sized public school situated in Florence, Alabama. It awarded 31 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University at Montgomery. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Alabama State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama list. TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, University of Alabama in Huntsville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama list. Huntsville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
University of South Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #7. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 36 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama ranking. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large public school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 8 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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With a ranking of #10, Jacksonville State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Alabama list. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized school located in Jacksonville, Alabama that handed out 13 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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