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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in Oklahoma

17 Colleges
$41,673 Avg Salary
$21,887 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 2nd in Oklahoma. In fact, 1,574 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Education Schools in Oklahoma ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Oklahoma to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Colleges.

Our analysis found Southeastern Oklahoma State University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a degree in Oklahoma. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Durant.

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Out of the 17 schools in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 17 schools in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

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The excellent programs at University of Central Oklahoma helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Oklahoma. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern State University is a great place for education students. NSU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Tahlequah.

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East Central University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in Oklahoma list. Located in the town of Ada, ECU is a public college with a small student population.

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in Oklahoma list. SWOSU is a small public school located in the town of Weatherford.

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Southern Nazarene University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #8 on the list. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bethany.

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#9

Cameron University

Lawton, OK

Cameron University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for education students. It came in at #9 on the list. Cameron University is a small public school located in the small city of Lawton.

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With a ranking of #10, Northwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students. NWOSU is a small public school located in the town of Alva.

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Best Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 12,019
Texas 11,415
New Mexico 904

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 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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