by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,452 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,385 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 96 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. That schools that top this list have a program in secondary education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas at Monticello is a public institution located in Monticello, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 113 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Young Harris College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Young Harris, Georgia, and it awarded 18 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Livingston, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 130 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alcorn State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 masters’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Montevallo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Montevallo is a public institution located in Montevallo, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, William Carey University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. William Carey University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at William Carey University
Georgia College & State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Milledgeville, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Georgia College & State University
Thomas University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Thomas University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Thomasville, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lenoir - Rhyne University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small school located in Hickory, North Carolina that handed out 12 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Lenoir - Rhyne University
With a ranking of #10, Freed-Hardeman University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Freed-Hardeman University is located in Henderson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Winthrop University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Winthrop University is a medium-sized public school situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It awarded 21 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a small public school situated in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It awarded 6 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
University of North Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. UNA is a medium-sized school located in Florence, Alabama that handed out 27 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Trevecca Nazarene University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. TNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 18 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, Mercer University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Macon, Georgia, and it awarded 37 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Mercer University
Centenary College of Louisiana came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Centenary College of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Centenary College of Louisiana
University of the Cumberlands did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. University of the Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It awarded 52 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of the Cumberlands Secondary Education Report
Samford University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
With a ranking of #19, Coastal Carolina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Conway, South Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Georgetown College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgetown College is located in Georgetown, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Converse College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Loyola University New Orleans came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 11 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, South Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. South Carolina State University is a small school located in Orangeburg, South Carolina that handed out 4 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full South Carolina State University Secondary Education Report
Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a small public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 8 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
Read more about Secondary Education at Citadel Military College of South Carolina
With a ranking of #25, Auburn University at Montgomery did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. AUM is a medium-sized school located in Montgomery, Alabama that handed out 8 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Auburn University at Montgomery
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