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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

5 Colleges
$19,766 Avg Salary
$9,571 Avg Student Debt

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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for subject specific ed majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Copiah-Lincoln Community College the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Wesson, Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 28% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

Subject Specific Ed majors at Copiah-Lincoln Community College take out an average of $5,243 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online associate degree. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average amount in student loans that subject specific ed majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,182.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at East Mississippi Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the Southeast Region . EMCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Scooba.

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#5

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trident Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Trident Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charleston.

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Explore the most popular online teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,105
Tennessee 421
North Carolina 904
Georgia 1,327
Florida 1,534
Virginia 1,393
West Virginia 309
South Carolina 596
Arkansas 825
Louisiana 694
Mississippi 616
Alabama 722

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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 5 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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