2025 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama

If you pursue a doctor's degree in education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for education students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 doctor's degrees in education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for education to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for education students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Education in Alabama

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for education students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Alabama Schools for a Doctorate in Education

1

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

The University of Alabama is a good option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in education. Located in the medium-sized city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in education from The University of Alabama

2

Samford University
Birmingham, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in education has to look into Samford University. Samford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Birmingham.More information about a doctorate in education from Samford University

Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	810
Virginia	29	771
Georgia	28	338
Mississippi	28	227
South Carolina	28	148
North Carolina	26	349
Kentucky	26	286
Tennessee	25	514
Louisiana	25	132
Arkansas	23	89
West Virginia	20	28

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	69
Other Education	17
Teacher Education Grade Specific	16
Student Counseling	11
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6
Special Education	3
Educational Assessment	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.