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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

23 Colleges
$36,125 Avg Salary
$25,314 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, teacher education subject specific was ranked 6th in California. In fact, 1,037 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Santa Cruz the best school in California for teacher education subject specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. UC Santa Cruz is a large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fresno.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of the Pacific helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in California. Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Stockton.

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#4

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Redlands. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the small city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at California State University - San Bernardino helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in California. CSUSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of San Bernardino.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, subject specific ed majors at CSUSB accumulate an average of around $20,313 in student debt.

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California State University - Sacramento landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Sac State is a very large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, subject specific ed graduates from Sac State carry an average student debtload of $24,311.

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#7

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Point Loma Nazarene University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, PLNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of California - San Diego came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 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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