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2023 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in California

43 Colleges
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 17,606 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 43 schools in California to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Claremont Graduate University to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brandman University is a great place for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Santa Cruz helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in California. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Irvine. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree education programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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Azusa Pacific University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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Best Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,740
Oregon 3,137
Nevada 702
Hawaii 401
Alaska 259

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

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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