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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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 doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

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

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Women make up 88% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Women make up 29% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

About 25% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Women make up 75% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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University of North Texas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly 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 12 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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