2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,604 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree teacher education students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the Southeast Region

#1

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$21,174 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s teacher education degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KSU Georgia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KSU Georgia are $21,174.

Full Kennesaw State University Teacher Education Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 4 doctorate’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree teacher education students list, Auburn has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

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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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