2025 Best Secondary Education Schools in the Southeast Region
73Colleges in the Southeast Region
2,703Secondary Teaching Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in secondary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #84 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 73 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of secondary education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,703 degrees in secondary education annually.
The secondary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Secondary Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for secondary education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The secondary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Secondary Education Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Secondary Education in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of secondary teaching degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
14 Top Southeast Region Schools in Secondary Teaching
Every student pursuing a degree in secondary education has to check out University of Central Florida. UCF is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #217 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Clemson University if you want to pursue a degree in secondary education. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Clemson. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 53 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
Georgia Southern University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in secondary education. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #451 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GaSou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 81 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in secondary education has to check out University of Arkansas. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were about 24 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 119 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 15 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 6th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 13 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 121 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
UA is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tuscaloosa. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 65 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.
UofSC is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
FHU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Henderson. This university ranks 15th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 21 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at FHU in the most recent data year.
UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the remote town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 48 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 27 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Secondary Education Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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).
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The secondary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Secondary Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for secondary education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
