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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in California

33 Colleges
$46,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree School for You

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the #11 most popular major in California with 2,635 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 33 schools in California to see which ones offered the best master'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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for grade specific ed majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Claremont Graduate University the best school in California for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. 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

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Santa Clara University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education grade specific schools in California. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 33 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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#5

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Redlands is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Redlands.

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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#7

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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Fresno Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Concordia University, Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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Saint Mary’s College of California ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,210
Oregon 1,528
Nevada 94
Hawaii 135
Alaska 84

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Vgrigas.

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