2023 Most Popular Colleges for Spanish Education in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Spanish Teacher Education Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 457 people earned their degree in Spanish education, making the major the 607th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 2 Spanish education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Spanish Teacher Education Major in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Spanish education. To top this list, a school must have a successful Spanish 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 Spanish Teacher Education Major in California

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Spanish Teacher Education Major in California”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Spanish Education in California

1

Stanford University
Stanford, California

#1 overall quality in California

$83,159 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,768 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Spanish Teacher Education Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stanford is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s Spanish teacher education degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Spanish Education at Stanford

2

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

$50,730 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,851 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Spanish Teacher Education Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Fresno Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fresno Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fresno, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Fresno Pacific Spanish 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.

Credits

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