by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Teacher Education is the 97th most popular major in the country with 9,949 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,792 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in teacher education.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree teacher education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Silver City, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s teacher education students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Teacher Education at Western New Mexico University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s teacher education students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. This medium-sized school is located in Odessa, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Teacher Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is located in Waxahachie, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Teacher Education at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Laredo, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M International University Teacher Education Report
Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s teacher education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
American InterContinental University - Online landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Schaumburg, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 71 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Teacher Education at Grand Canyon University
Dallas Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Dallas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of the Incarnate Word came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UIW is a medium-sized school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Teacher Education at University of the Incarnate Word
Tarleton State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s teacher education students in 2020-2021.
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