2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New York
Finding the Best Education School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was the most popular one in New York. In total, 18,389 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in New York.
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 Most Popular Education Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 88 schools in New York to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New York
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Top 15% Most Popular Education Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Relay Graduate School of Education the most popular school in New York for education students. Located in the city of New York, Relay Graduate School of Education is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Rose. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New York list. Saint Rose is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New York list. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at Touro College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in New York. Touro is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
With a ranking of #6, Queens College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students. QC is a large public school located in the large city of Queens.
Brooklyn College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public school with a large student population.
New York University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular education programs. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
With a ranking of #9, The City College of New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Lehman College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular education programs. Lehman is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bronx.
LIU Post landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular education programs. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookville.
With a ranking of #12, Bank Street College of Education did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students. Bank Street College of Education is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Stony Brook University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular education programs. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Education Schools in New York award.
Rank | College | Location |
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14 | St John’s University - New York | Queens, NY |
15 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NY |
16 | Mercy College | Dobbs Ferry, NY |
17 | Adelphi University | Garden City, NY |
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 7,877 |
Maryland | 3,634 |
New Jersey | 3,752 |
District of Columbia | 816 |
Delaware | 739 |
Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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.
- 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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