2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 11,130 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree elementary teaching students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Georgia

#2

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$21,174 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kennesaw State University are $21,174, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Elementary Education at KSU Georgia

#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s elementary teaching degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UA also made our “Best Elementary Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UA Elementary Education Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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