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2023 Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

45 Colleges
$36,000 Avg Salary
$25,925 Avg Student Debt

With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online bachelor's degree.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 91% of the education majors at the school.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Southeast Region . ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

About 86% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 14% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great place for education students working on their online bachelor’s degree. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

Of the 483 students majoring in education at FIU, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Rasmussen University - Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Southeast Region . Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

About 97% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#5

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Clearwater, SPC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 85% of the education majors at the school.

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#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Louisville.

Women make up 62% of the education majors at the school.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UNCW is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

About 93% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 7% are male.

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#8

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

With a ranking of #8, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the city of Norfolk.

Women make up 61% of the education majors at the school.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 95% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 5% are male.

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#10

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, FL

Saint Leo University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Leo, St. Leo University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 91% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 9% are male.

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Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 7,730
West Virginia 1,515
South Carolina 3,980
Florida 10,069
Virginia 9,522
Arkansas 4,954
Mississippi 4,219
Louisiana 2,977
Alabama 5,059
Kentucky 5,329
Georgia 9,722
Tennessee 5,194

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Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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