2023 Best Teacher Development & Methodology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 6,165 people earned their degree in teacher development and methodology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 138 teacher development and methodology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher development and methodology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher development and methodology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the teacher development and methodology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying teacher development & methodology.

Top 2 Best Teacher Development & Methodology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

12 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 35 masters’s teacher development and methodology degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Development & Methodology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Oklahoma supports 27,772 students, and 12 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,720. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oklahoma Veteran Student Life Report

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Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

520 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Master’s list. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s teacher development and methodology degrees in 2020-2021.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Teacher Development & Methodology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 520 of the 11,379 students enrolled at TCU were GI Bill® students, of which 405 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $23,096. To help with additional expenses, 343 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at TCU]](/colleges/texas-christian-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Teacher Development & Methodology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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