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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree 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 doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 7% are male.

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#2

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school located in the city of Toledo.

Of the 10 students majoring in subject specific ed at University of Toledo, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 38% are male.

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#3

Judson University

Elgin, IL

Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Judson University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in subject specific ed at Judson, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

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Cardinal Stritch University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Cardinal Stritch is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

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#7

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#8

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 67% are male.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
Indiana 1,703
Michigan 1,338
Wisconsin 913

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 27 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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