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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

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The Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Teacher Education Subject Specific program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for subject specific ed majors pursuing a basic certificate.

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Our analysis found University of Louisville to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 43% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Summit Salon Academy - Lexington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lexington, Summit Salon Academy Lexington is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 4 spot on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Isothermal Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. ICC is a small public school located in the distant town of Spindale.

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#6

Strand College of Hair Design

Myrtle Beach, SC

Strand College of Hair Design ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Myrtle Beach, Strand College of Hair Design is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

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Murray State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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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 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

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 8 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.

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