2023 Best Education Schools
Finding the Best Education School for You
With 199,724 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #3 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Education Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 850 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Education Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Education Colleges.
Top 25 Top Schools in Education
Our analysis found Claremont Graduate University to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bank Street College of Education. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Education Schools list. Bank Street College of Education is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lebanon Valley College is a great place for education students. LVC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Annville.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for education students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Santa Cruz is a great place for education students. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Teachers College at Columbia University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
With a ranking of #7, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Santa Clara University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Education Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
University of Pennsylvania landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Schools ranking. UW Tacoma is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Tacoma.
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Washington State University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.
University of Chicago landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #13, Brandman University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.
With a ranking of #14, Seattle Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.
The College of New Jersey landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. TCNJ is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Ewing.
With a ranking of #16, Fresno Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #17, Concordia University, Irvine did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.
Harvard University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Schools ranking. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Brown University landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best education programs. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Seattle University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for education students. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
With a ranking of #21, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.
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Johns Hopkins University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Education Schools list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #23, The College of Saint Rose did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students. Saint Rose is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.
University of Puget Sound came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Schools ranking. Puget Sound is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tacoma.
Wisconsin Lutheran College ranked #25 on this year’s Best Education Schools list. WLC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Education Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Education Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 850 different United States education schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Education Schools award.
Education by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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