by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 331 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree secondary teaching students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas list. Austin College is a small school located in Sherman, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas list. Lubbock Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lubbock Christian University Secondary Education Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Secondary Education Report
Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Texas State University
Rice University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Wayland Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas list. Wayland Baptist University is a small school located in Plainview, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
University of North Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Stephen F Austin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas list. Stephen F Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
University of the Incarnate Word came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Dallas Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas ranking. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
LeTourneau University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas ranking. This small school is located in Longview, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Secondary Education at LeTourneau University
University of St. Thomas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #8. UST is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at University of St. Thomas
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