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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$21,830 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,414 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for subject specific ed 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.

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

Check out the subject specific ed doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Woman’s University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TCU are $32,268 a year.

TCU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

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#9

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 12 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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