2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for subject specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for subject specific ed majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Assemblies of God University the best value school in the Southwest Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Waxahachie.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwestern Assemblies of God University are $8,610 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 45 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110 a year.
Out of the 45 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Oklahoma State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Alva, NWOSU is a public college with a small student population.
NWOSU graduate students pay an average of $10,571 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern State University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
NSU graduate students pay an average of $10,911 in tuition and fees each year.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 per year.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.
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With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 15% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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With a ranking of #8, Sam Houston State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.
Houston Baptist 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, HBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
HBU graduate students pay an average of $13,400 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, Hardin - Simmons University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Abilene.
Hardin - Simmons graduate students pay an average of $14,870 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 schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 1,553 |
Texas | 927 |
New Mexico | 289 |
Oklahoma | 583 |
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Teacher Education Subject Specific Related Majors for Subject Specific Ed
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.
Subject Specific Ed Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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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