2023 Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

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Other Education is the 178th most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 361 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in other education. To top this list, a school must have a successful other education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree other education students.

Top 5 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in the Southwest Region

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#10 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 9 doctorate’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Education at Southern Methodist University

2

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 8 doctorate’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sam Houston State University Other Education Report

3

Prescott College
Prescott, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prescott College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other education students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Other Education at Prescot College

4

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Other Education at Texas State University

5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Other Education Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 2 doctorate’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Other Education Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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