2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Virginia, there were 170 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 155 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular secondary education programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Virginia

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

#13 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 124 masters’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Full Liberty University Secondary Education Report

2

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia

#14 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. Old Dominion is a large public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 26 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Old Dominion University

3

University of Richmond
University of Richmond, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. URichmond is a private not-for-profit institution located in University of Richmond, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Secondary Education at University of Richmond

4

Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia

#20 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Secondary Teaching Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. Marymount is a private not-for-profit institution located in Arlington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Marymount University Secondary Education Report

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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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