2021 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
64Colleges
5,463Bachelor's Degrees
$27,452Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 64 colleges that offer a bachelor's in subject specific ed. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education subject specific programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the teacher education subject specific program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
Check out the subject specific ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Florida tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional teacher education subject specific students. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 22,865 students take at least one class online at UF. 11,205 students are part time.
Florida State University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best teacher education subject specific schools for non-traditional students. Florida State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee. Florida State also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 20,172 students take at least one class online at Florida State. 8,311 of Florida State students are attending part time.
University of Louisville earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UofL is a very large public school located in the city of Louisville. UofL also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 8,578 students at UofL that take at least one class online. 6,267 students are part time.
North Carolina State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best teacher education subject specific schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NC State has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 14,604 students at NC State that take at least one class online. 7,732 of NC State students are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Athens State University. Athens State University is a small public school located in the town of Athens.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. 1,673 of Athens State University students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 1,626 part time students in attendance at Athens State University.
University of South Florida - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population. USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at USF Tampa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,899 students at USF Tampa that take at least one class online. There are roughly 13,938 part time students in attendance at USF Tampa.
George Mason University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax. As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. 12,712 students are part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Appalachian State University. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone. Appalachian State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list.
About 1.3% of Appalachian State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,639 students at Appalachian State that take at least one class online. About 2,303 of the students at Appalachian State are attending part time.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Central Florida. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando. UCF also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UCF is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. There are roughly 23,575 part time students in attendance at UCF.
Our rankings recognize East Carolina University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville. ECU excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 12,522 students take at least one class online at ECU. 7,199 of ECU students are attending part time.
Here are some additional great schools for Southeast Region non-traditional students studying Subject Specific Ed that almost earned our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region award.
Teacher Education Subject Specific Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
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 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).
