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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 43,297 teacher education subject specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best school in the Southwest Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Baylor University

Waco, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Baylor University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

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#5

Austin College

Sherman, TX

Out of the 45 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Sherman, Austin College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

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#8

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,553
Texas 927
New Mexico 289
Oklahoma 583

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

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