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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 487 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 25 Top Schools for a Master's 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 master’s 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

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 487 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fresno Pacific University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fresno.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#6

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

With a ranking of #6, Lebanon Valley College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Annville, LVC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population.

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#8

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

Loyola University Maryland did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland 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 places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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#10

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #10, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#11

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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With a ranking of #12, The College of New Jersey did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#13

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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Concordia College at Moorhead landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, Concordia College Moorhead is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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#16

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#17

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Washington State University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#19

New York University

New York, NY

New York University landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Seattle Pacific University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #21, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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#22

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Drake University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.

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#23

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

Alfred University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Alfred is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Alfred.

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Bank Street College of Education landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large city of New York, Bank Street College of Education is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#25

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #25 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Rest of the Top Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

#26

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA
#28

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA
#29

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
#30

University of Georgia

Athens, GA
#31

Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD
#32

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#35

Manhattanville College

Purchase, NY
#37

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA
#38

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
#39

Centenary University

Hackettstown, NJ
#42

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY
#45

Towson University

Towson, MD
#46

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI
#47

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA
#48

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY
#50

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Remaining Award Winners

This list shows the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 487 different United States teacher education subject specific schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
52 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
53 St John’s University - New York Queens, NY
54 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
55 Boston University Boston, MA
56 Iowa State University Ames, IA
57 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
58 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
59 University of Wisconsin - River Falls River Falls, WI
60 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
61 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL
62 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
63 William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ
64 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
65 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY
66 Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
67 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
68 University of Wisconsin - Stout Menomonie, WI
69 Lewis University Romeoville, IL
70 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
71 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
72 Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA
73 Hunter College New York, NY

Additional Noteworthy Schools

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 Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
74 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
75 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
76 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
77 University of Mary Bismarck, ND
78 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
79 Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA
80 Hastings College Hastings, NE
81 Rutgers University - Camden Camden, NJ
82 The City College of New York New York, NY
83 Valley City State University Valley City, ND
84 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE
85 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
86 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
87 Hood College Frederick, MD
88 Minnesota State University - Mankato Mankato, MN
89 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL
90 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
91 Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT
92 Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA
93 University of St Francis Joliet, IL
94 Pace University - New York New York, NY
95 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
96 Lehman College Bronx, NY
97 Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT

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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