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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

In 2020-2021, 110,226 degrees and certificates were awarded to teacher education grade specific students, making the major the most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 66 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Claremont Graduate University the best school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college 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 the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#3

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Santa Clara University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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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 #4 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Lutheran University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

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 #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Irvine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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#9

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.

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With a ranking of #10, Seattle Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Teacher Education Grade Specific students in the Far Western US Region that almost earned our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
11 University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA
12 Brandman University Irvine, CA
13 Washington State University Pullman, WA

Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,780
Oregon 1,864
California 7,510
Nevada 608
Hawaii 346
Alaska 145

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education grade specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Grade Specific Ed Focus Areas

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

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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