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2023 Best Education Philosophy Schools

44 Colleges
$49,756 Avg Salary
$18,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Philosophy School for You

Education Philosophy is the #14 most popular major in the country with 737 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Education Philosophy Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 44 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for teaching students.

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2023 Best Education Philosophy Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for education philosophy majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Education Philosophy Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the United States for education philosophy students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education philosophy schools in the United States. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Education Philosophy Schools list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

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The excellent programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education philosophy schools in the United States. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Teachers College at Columbia University is a great place for education philosophy students. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#6

Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, VA

Eastern Mennonite University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Education Philosophy Schools list. Eastern Mennonite is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for education philosophy students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for education philosophy students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for education philosophy students. It came in at #9 on the list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick ranked #10 on this year’s Best Education Philosophy Schools list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

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Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
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One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, education philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Philosophy Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education 737

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

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 Nick Youngson.

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