by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 9,949 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States.
Across Tennessee, there were 485 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 334 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee list. This medium-sized school is located in Martin, Tennessee, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee. Chattanooga, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teacher education degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee list. ETSU is a public institution located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Peay State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee list. Austin Peay State University is a public institution located in Clarksville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Tennessee Wesleyan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee ranking. TWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Athens, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 16 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Middle Tennessee State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee ranking. Middle Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Memphis landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee ranking. University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Adventist University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee list. Southern Adventist University is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Tennessee Technological University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee ranking. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 0 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Johnson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee ranking, coming in at #10. Johnson University is a small school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 6 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Welch College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Tennessee ranking. Welch is a small school located in Gallatin, Tennessee that handed out 2 bachelors’s teacher education 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.
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