by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Teacher Education is the 97th most popular major in the country with 9,653 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,015 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 753 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in teacher education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Huston - Tillotson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 296 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Teacher Education at Sam Houston State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stafford, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education 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 Teacher Education at North American University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 351 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
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 full report on Teacher Education at Texas State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region. UMHB is a private not-for-profit institution located in Belton, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Teacher Education at University of Mary Hardin - Baylor
Sul Ross State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Alpine, Texas, this small public school handed out 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2021-2022.
Oklahoma Christian University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Oklahoma Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Tarleton State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teacher education degrees to 0 students 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%.
University of the Southwest came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of the Southwest is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hobbs, New Mexico. It awarded 0 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wayland Baptist University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Plainview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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