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2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
85 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alabama, there were 202 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,191 and $26,651 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the teacher education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $75-$110k) in Alabama

#1

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of North Alabama is a public institution located in Florence, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $16,255 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of North Alabama.

Full University of North Alabama Teacher Education Report

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k list. Troy University is located in Troy, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.

TROY also made our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Troy University is $15,552 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Teacher Education at TROY

#3

Birmingham Southern College

Birmingham, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Birmingham Southern College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

BSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Birmingham Southern College is $22,617 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Birmingham Southern College Teacher Education Report

#4

University of West Alabama

Livingston, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Livingston, Alabama, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of West Alabama, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of West Alabama is $15,525 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full University of West Alabama Teacher Education Report

#5

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k list. Samford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Samford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $32,175 for Alabama Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Samford University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, 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%.

Read more about Teacher Education at Samford University

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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