2023 Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Reading Teacher Education for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Reading Teacher Education is the 129th most popular major in the country with 6,490 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 978 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Reading Teacher Education for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in reading teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great reading teacher education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the reading teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Reading Teacher Education for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Reading Teacher Education for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

2,131 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Reading Teacher Education for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s reading teacher education students in 2020-2021.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Arizona supports 45,601 students, and 2,131 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. In addition to receiving other benefits, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)

2

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

1,092 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,097 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Reading Teacher Education for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 10 doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,092 of the 21,912 students enrolled at Sam Houston State University were GI Bill® students, of which 496 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,097. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.