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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree School for You

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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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Southeast 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the most popular school in the Southeast Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 28 students majoring in subject specific ed at UGA, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auburn University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in subject specific ed at Auburn, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Out of the 24 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in subject specific ed at Florida State, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

Of the 11 students majoring in subject specific ed at UF, 64% are male and 36% are female.

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Out of the 24 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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

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Out of the 24 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

Women make up 22% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#7

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Regent University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Regent is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach.

Women make up 86% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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North Carolina State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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

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With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Little Rock.

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Middle Tennessee State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

About 80% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 20% are male.

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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 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 24 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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