2025 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia

Ranked #3 in popularity, education is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for education students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 376 doctor's degrees in education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Education School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of education for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality education program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for education to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for education students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Education Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Education in Georgia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in education.

Top Georgia Schools for a Doctorate in Education

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

115 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in education. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Athens.More information about a doctorate in education from University of Georgia

2

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

Kennesaw State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in education. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.More information about a doctorate in education from Kennesaw State University

3

Brenau University
Gainesville, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Brenau University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in education. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in education from Brenau University

4

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

Georgia State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in education. Georgia State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in education from Georgia State University

5

Columbus State University
Columbus, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Columbus, CSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in education from Columbus State University

6

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

GaSou is a very large public university located in the distant town of Statesboro.More information about a doctorate in education from Georgia Southern University

7

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Valdosta, VSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in education from Valdosta State University

8

Augusta University
Augusta, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Augusta University is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Augusta.More information about a doctorate in education from Augusta University

Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	810
Virginia	29	771
Mississippi	28	227
South Carolina	28	148
North Carolina	26	349
Kentucky	26	286
Alabama	25	190
Tennessee	25	514
Louisiana	25	132
Arkansas	23	89
West Virginia	20	28

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	126
Teacher Education Grade Specific	63
Teacher Education Subject Specific	48
Other Education	38
Curriculum & Instruction	35
Student Counseling	19
General Education	15
Educational Assessment	13
Instructional Media Design	8
Special Education	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.