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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southwest 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.

Check out the subject specific ed basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in the Southwest Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Women make up 79% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Women make up 50% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Strand Institute Of Beauty & Esthetics is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Strand Institute Of Beauty & Esthetics is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Portland.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Exposito School of Hair Design. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Exposito School of Hair Design is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Tulsa Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tulsa, Tulsa Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Pima Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Dallas Baptist University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Central New Mexico Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

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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 10 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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