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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region

69 Colleges
$48,124 Avg Salary
$21,839 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific School for You

In 2020-2021, 43,297 teacher education subject specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 69 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Lutheran University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Fresno Pacific University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

After completing their degree, subject specific ed graduates from Fresno Pacific carry an average student debtload of $21,500.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a great place for teacher education subject specific students. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

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Western Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #6 on the list. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

On average, subject specific ed graduates from WWU take out $25,683 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Saint Mary’s College of California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #7 on the list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #8 on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

University of the Pacific ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
11 University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA
12 Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA
13 Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
California 1,037
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

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 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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