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

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Finding the Best Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

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

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 100 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

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

Full Education at Grand Canyon University Report

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at Arizona State University - Tempe

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Southwest Region . NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

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

Read full report on Education at Northern Arizona University

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Southwest Region . UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

Of the 410 students majoring in education at UOPX - Arizona, 7% are male and 93% are female.

Read full report on Education at University of Phoenix - Arizona

Out of the 100 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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

Full Education at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree education programs. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 95% of the education majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 90% of the education majors at the school.

Full Education at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Women make up 82% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at University of Arizona

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.

About 74% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 26% are male.

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With a ranking of #11, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 185 students majoring in education at OSU, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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#12

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

Of the 183 students majoring in education at Texas State, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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University of Central Oklahoma landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree education programs. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

Read full report on Education at University of Central Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

About 88% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 12% are male.

Full Education at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 93% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at The University of Texas at Arlington

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
16 Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK
17 Baylor University Waco, TX
18 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ
19 New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, NM
20 Texas Woman’s University Denton, TX

Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 16,265
Texas 17,614
New Mexico 1,831
Oklahoma 3,171

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 26 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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