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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools

6 Colleges
$64,414 Avg Salary

With 43,297 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which online doctor's 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the United States for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Of the 22 students majoring in subject specific ed at Capella University, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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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 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

About 73% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 27% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in subject specific ed at SHSU, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the United States. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools list. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

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University of Wisconsin - Stout did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for teacher education subject specific students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

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Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas

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 6 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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