2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 29,810 general education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Delta State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Delta State University is a small public school located in the town of Cleveland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Delta State University are $8,360 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Southern College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakeland, Florida Southern is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida Southern are $17,482 per year.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.
UGA also made our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.
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Nova Southeastern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
NUS Florida graduate students pay an average of $22,790 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.
University of Virginia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $30,858 in tuition and fees each year.
UNC Chapel Hill also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Georgia State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Georgia State graduate students pay an average of $24,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on General Education at Georgia State University
University of Mississippi landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ole Miss are $25,892 a year.
Best General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 95 |
| Tennessee | 605 |
| North Carolina | 255 |
| Georgia | 117 |
| Florida | 622 |
| Virginia | 918 |
| West Virginia | 301 |
| South Carolina | 352 |
| Arkansas | 133 |
| Louisiana | 116 |
| Mississippi | 407 |
| Alabama | 115 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Education Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 29,810 |
Majors Similar to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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