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

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Finding the Best Education Doctor'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.

The Most Popular Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 53 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor'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.

Check out the education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

#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 doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Of the 272 students majoring in education at Grand Canyon University, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for education students working on their doctor’s degree. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Abilene Christian University is a great place for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Abilene Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Abilene.

About 69% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 31% are male.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Southwest Region . UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

Of the 76 students majoring in education at UH, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 31% are male.

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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree education programs. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Women make up 70% of the education majors at the school.

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Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree education programs. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school located in the town of Commerce.

About 83% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 17% are male.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

About 66% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 34% are male.

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University of North Texas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

Of the 56 students majoring in education at UNT, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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Sam Houston State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 71% of the education majors at the school.

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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.

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