2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Secondary Education is the 84th most popular major in the country with 11,071 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,703 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 880 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 77 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Southeast Region
Out of the 77 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College is located in Wendell, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College Secondary Education Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Baptist College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. Trinity Baptist College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 1 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Trinity Baptist College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shepherd University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Shepherd University is a public institution located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Shepherd University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Liberty University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. West Liberty University is a public institution located in West Liberty, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region. WVSU is a small school located in Institute, West Virginia that handed out 14 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at West Virginia State University
With a ranking of #6, Glenville State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Glenville State College is a small public school situated in Glenville, West Virginia. It awarded 9 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Glenville State College
Welch College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Welch is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gallatin, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Welch
Tennessee Wesleyan University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. TWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Athens, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at TWU
With a ranking of #9, Kentucky Wesleyan College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Kentucky Wesleyan College is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Wesleyan
Ouachita Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Ouachita Baptist
Concord University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Concord University is a small public school situated in Athens, West Virginia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Concord University
University of South Carolina - Upstate did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of South Carolina - Upstate is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 21 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at University of South Carolina - Upstate
With a ranking of #13, Marshall University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 44 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Marshall University
University of North Alabama ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Alabama Secondary Education Report
Freed-Hardeman University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. FHU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henderson, Tennessee. It awarded 14 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full FHU Secondary Education Report
West Virginia Wesleyan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. West Virginia Wesleyan College is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at West Virginia Wesleyan
The University of Tennessee - Martin ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Martin is a medium-sized public school situated in Martin, Tennessee. It awarded 9 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Martin Secondary Education Report
Thomas More University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Thomas More University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Thomas More University
Bellarmine University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Bellarmine University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 6 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Bellarmine University
Nicholls State University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Nicholls State University is a public institution located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Nicholls State University
With a ranking of #21, Berry College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Berry College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Berry, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Berry College
Middle Georgia State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Middle Georgia State University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Middle Georgia State University
Mississippi State University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Mississippi State University
With a ranking of #24, Tennessee Technological University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Cookeville, Tennessee, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at Tennessee Technological University
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Secondary Education at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
