2024 Best Elementary Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
2Colleges in the Southeast Region
5Doctor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in elementary education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #320 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Elementary Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5 doctor's degrees in elementary education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on elementary education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of elementary education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized elementary education related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for elementary education students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Elementary Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Elementary Education in the Southeast Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in elementary education.
Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Elementary Teaching
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).