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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California

39 Colleges
$47,721 Avg Salary
$20,579 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific 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 Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 39 schools in California to see which ones offered the best programs for teaching students.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California

Check out the subject specific ed programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a degree in California. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Santa Cruz helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in California. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fresno.

On average, subject specific ed graduates from Fresno Pacific take out $21,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Out of the 39 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 39 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College of California landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of the Pacific did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students. Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Stockton.

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#7

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific 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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With a ranking of #8, California State University - San Marcos did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students. CSUSM is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of San Marcos.

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University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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California State University - San Bernardino came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California ranking. CSUSB is a large public school located in the midsize city of San Bernardino.

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

Explore all the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges 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 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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