2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 8,205 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,604 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$21,174 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KSU Georgia are $21,174, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Teacher Education at Kennesaw State University

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Teacher Education at Auburn University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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