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. 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 Teacher Education Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Teacher Education is the 97th most popular major in the country with 9,653 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Texas, there were 1,773 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 $39,918 and $22,392 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Huston - Tillotson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s teacher education degrees to 26 students in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, North American University landed the #3 spot on the list. North American University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Stafford, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Teacher Education at North American University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 351 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mary Hardin - Baylor. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas list. Located in Belton, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students 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%.
Sul Ross State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas list. Sul Ross is a public institution located in Alpine, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #7, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas list. Located in Stephenville, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wayland Baptist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas ranking. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Teacher Education at Wayland Baptist University
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in Texas list. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Teacher Education at The University of Texas at El Paso
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