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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific School for You

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #14 most popular major in the country with 20,616 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 529 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges.

Top 25 Top Schools in Teacher Education Subject Specific

Our analysis found Teachers College at Columbia University to be the best school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#2

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lebanon Valley College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Annville, LVC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 529 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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#6

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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George Washington University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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With a ranking of #8, Fresno Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fresno.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

Loyola University Maryland did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#11

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Saint Mary’s College of California ranked #12 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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Washington State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#15

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Viterbo University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. Located in the small city of La Crosse, Viterbo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#16

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#17

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best teacher education subject specific programs. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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The College of New Jersey came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#19

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, PA

Messiah University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Concordia College at Moorhead came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, Concordia College Moorhead is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #21 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools list. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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#22

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #23 on the list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Duluth.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.

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#25

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

With a ranking of #25, Vanderbilt University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Rest of the Top 50 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

#26

New York University

New York, NY
#27

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA
#28

University of Georgia

Athens, GA
#32

Drake University

Des Moines, IA
#33

Alfred University

Alfred, NY
#35

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
#37

Valley City State University

Valley City, ND
#38

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
#39

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA
#41

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA
#43

Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD
#44

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#45

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
#48

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN
#49

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Remaining Award Winners

This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 529 different United States teacher education subject specific schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
52 Centenary University Hackettstown, NJ
53 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
54 Manhattanville College Purchase, NY
55 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
56 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
57 California State University - Long Beach Long Beach, CA
58 Towson University Towson, MD
59 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
60 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, WI
61 St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN
62 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
63 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
64 Villanova University Villanova, PA
65 University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK
66 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
67 Clemson University Clemson, SC
68 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
69 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
70 Iowa State University Ames, IA
71 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
72 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
73 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL
74 Boston University Boston, MA
75 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
76 University of Wisconsin - River Falls River Falls, WI
77 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
78 Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN
79 William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Teacher Education Subject Specific students that almost earned our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools award.

Rank College Location
80 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
81 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
82 University of Wisconsin - Stout Menomonie, WI
82 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY
84 Lewis University Romeoville, IL
85 Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
86 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
87 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
88 Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA
89 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
90 Hunter College New York, NY
91 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
92 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
93 University of Mary Bismarck, ND
94 Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA
95 Capella University Minneapolis, MN
96 Hastings College Hastings, NE
97 Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA
98 Rutgers University - Camden Camden, NJ
99 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
100 The City College of New York New York, NY
101 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE
102 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
103 Hood College Frederick, MD
104 Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN
105 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
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 Aparajita Datta.

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