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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools

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

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in the United States with 110,226 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 563 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching 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 the United States

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

Top 25 Top Schools for a Master's 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 working on their master’s degree. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Relay Graduate School of Education. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Relay Graduate School of Education is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 563 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 large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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#4

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Out of the 563 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Clara.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Teachers College at Columbia University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#7

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

With a ranking of #7, Lebanon Valley College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Annville, LVC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Pacific Lutheran University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education grade specific programs. PLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Tacoma.

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With a ranking of #9, The College of New Jersey did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania 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 #10 on the list. 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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#11

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #11, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#12

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle 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 #12 on the list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #13 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

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#15

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #16, Bank Street College of Education did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the 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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Seattle 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 #17 on the 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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#18

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY

Wagner College 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 #18 on the list. Wagner is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Staten Island.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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#20

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Washington State University landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#22

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

Trinity University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Trinity U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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#23

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#24

Wisconsin Lutheran College

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin Lutheran College 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 #24 on the list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, WLC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#25

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

With a ranking of #25, Texas Christian University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. TCU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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Rest of the Top 50 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools

#26

Drake University

Des Moines, IA
#27

Northwestern College

Orange City, IA
#30

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA
#32

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA
#34

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
#35

Stevenson University

Stevenson, MD
#36

University of Delaware

Newark, DE
#38

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD
#40

New York University

New York, NY
#42

Centenary University

Hackettstown, NJ
#43

Towson University

Towson, MD
#44

American University

Washington, DC
#45

Duke University

Durham, NC
#46

Villanova University

Villanova, PA
#47

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#48

Pace University - New York

New York, NY
#49

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA
#50

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Remaining Award Winners

This list shows the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 563 different United States teacher education grade specific schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
52 William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ
53 Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA
54 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
55 Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ
56 Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN
57 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
58 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD
59 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
60 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
61 St John’s University - New York Queens, NY
62 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
63 Pacific Oaks College Pasadena, CA
64 Viterbo University La Crosse, WI
65 University of Georgia Athens, GA
66 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
67 Lewis University Romeoville, IL
68 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
69 Dominican University River Forest, IL
70 California State University - San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA
71 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
72 McDaniel College Westminster, MD
73 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR
74 Baylor University Waco, TX
75 Heritage University Toppenish, WA
76 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
77 Simpson College Indianola, IA
78 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
79 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
80 Dickinson State University Dickinson, ND
81 Creighton University Omaha, NE
82 Salisbury University Salisbury, MD
83 Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY
84 Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL

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 Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
85 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
86 University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA
87 The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN
88 Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA
89 Stockton University Galloway, NJ
90 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
91 University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE
92 Mayville State University Mayville, ND
93 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
94 Aurora University Aurora, IL
95 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
96 William Jessup University Rocklin, CA
97 University of St Francis Joliet, IL
98 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
99 Kean University Union, NJ
100 Pepperdine University Malibu, CA
101 Hunter College New York, NY
102 Goucher College Baltimore, MD
103 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA
104 Tufts University Medford, MA
105 Minnesota State University - Mankato Mankato, MN
106 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
107 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
108 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
109 University of Wisconsin - River Falls River Falls, WI
110 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
111 Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN
112 Wheaton College Illinois Wheaton, IL

Teacher Education Grade Specific by Region

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Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Grade Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 43,003
Early Childhood Education 32,920
Secondary Education 10,547
Teacher Education 9,949
Teacher Development & Methodology 6,165
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3,517
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 2,450
Adult & Continuing Education 1,074
Montessori Teacher Education 252
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods 140
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching 105
Online Educator/Online Teaching 79
International Teaching and Learning 25

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

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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