2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Teacher Education is the 97th most popular major in the country with 9,949 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,792 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 550 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

1,092 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$6,097 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 317 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

SHSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, SHSU supports 21,912 students, and 1,092 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 496 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,097. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full SHSU Veteran Student Life Report

2

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

2,559 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 183 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying teacher education list, Texas State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2,559 of the 37,812 students enrolled at Texas State University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,197 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,635. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas State]](/colleges/texas-state-university-san-marcos/student-life/veterans/)

3

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor
Belton, Texas

454 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Belton, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying teacher education list, UMHB has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 3,876 students enrolled at UMHB, 454 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 304 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,603. During this same period, 135 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UMHB]](/colleges/university-of-mary-hardin-baylor/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Teacher Education Bachelor’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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