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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools

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With 34,451 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education grade specific is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

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The Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 609 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the United States

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Top 25 Top Schools in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our 2023 rankings named Claremont Graduate University the best school in the United States for teacher education grade specific students. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lebanon Valley College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools list. LVC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Annville.

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Out of the 609 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Relay Graduate School of Education landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, Relay Graduate School of Education is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education grade specific schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#5

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #6 on the list. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Tacoma.

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Teachers College at Columbia University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. 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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#8

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The College of New Jersey did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #9 on the list. TCNJ is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Ewing.

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Pacific Lutheran University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the large suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #11 on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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#12

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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Seattle Pacific University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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#14

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#15

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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#17

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Bethel University Minnesota came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#18

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #18 on the list. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Redlands.

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Bank Street College of Education came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. Bank Street College of Education is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#20

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY

With a ranking of #20, Wagner College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students. Located in the large city of Staten Island, Wagner is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best teacher education grade specific programs. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

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#23

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools ranking. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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#24

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

Trinity University landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the large city of San Antonio, Trinity U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#25

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #25 on the list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

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Rest of the Top 50 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools

#26

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Milwaukee, WI
#27

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX
#28

Duke University

Durham, NC
#29

Drake University

Des Moines, IA
#30

Northwestern College

Orange City, IA
#33

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA
#35

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA
#36

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY
#39

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
#42

Stevenson University

Stevenson, MD
#43

University of Delaware

Newark, DE
#46

New York University

New York, NY
#47

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
#48

Centenary University

Hackettstown, NJ
#50

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Additional Award Winners

This section shows the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 609 different United States teacher education grade specific schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Iowa State University Ames, IA
52 Towson University Towson, MD
53 American University Washington, DC
54 Villanova University Villanova, PA
55 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK
56 Fordham University Bronx, NY
57 Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
58 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
59 Pace University - New York New York, NY
60 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
61 George Washington University Washington, DC
62 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
63 University of Georgia Athens, GA
63 Whitworth University Spokane, WA
65 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
66 Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA
67 William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ
68 Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA
69 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
70 Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN
71 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
72 Arizona State University - Skysong Scottsdale, AZ
73 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD
74 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
75 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
76 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
77 St John’s University - New York Queens, NY
78 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
79 Pacific Oaks College Pasadena, CA
80 Viterbo University La Crosse, WI
81 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
82 Minnesota State University - Mankato Mankato, MN
83 Lewis University Romeoville, IL
84 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
85 Dominican University River Forest, IL
86 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
87 California State University - San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA
88 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
89 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
90 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
91 McDaniel College Westminster, MD

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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools award.

Rank College Location
92 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR
93 Baylor University Waco, TX
94 Heritage University Toppenish, WA
95 The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN
96 Simpson College Indianola, IA
97 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
98 Dickinson State University Dickinson, ND
99 Creighton University Omaha, NE
100 Salisbury University Salisbury, MD
101 Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY
102 Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL
103 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
104 University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA
105 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
106 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
107 Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA
108 Stockton University Galloway, NJ
109 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
110 University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE
111 Mayville State University Mayville, ND
112 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
113 Aurora University Aurora, IL
114 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
115 William Jessup University Rocklin, CA
116 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
117 Kean University Union, NJ
118 Pepperdine University Malibu, CA
119 Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN
120 Goucher College Baltimore, MD
121 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA

Teacher Education Grade Specific by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

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).
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