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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

487 Colleges
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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree School for You

With 43,297 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 487 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 25 Top Schools for a Master's in Teacher Education Subject Specific

Our 2023 rankings named Teachers College at Columbia University the best school in the United States for teacher education subject 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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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 487 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Fresno Pacific University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the United States. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fresno.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the United States. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#6

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

Lebanon Valley College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the small suburb of Annville, LVC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

With a ranking of #8, Loyola University Maryland did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Baltimore, Loyola Maryland is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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#10

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#11

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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The College of New Jersey did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#13

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

With a ranking of #13, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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Concordia College at Moorhead came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, Concordia College Moorhead is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #15, University of St Thomas Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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#16

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#17

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Washington State University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.

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#19

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #20, Seattle Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#22

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Drake University landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.

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#23

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

Alfred University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #23 on the list. Alfred is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Alfred.

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Bank Street College of Education came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, Bank Street College of Education is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#25

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

#26

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA
#28

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA
#29

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
#30

University of Georgia

Athens, GA
#31

Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD
#32

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
#35

Manhattanville College

Purchase, NY
#37

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA
#38

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
#39

Centenary University

Hackettstown, NJ
#42

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY
#45

Towson University

Towson, MD
#46

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI
#47

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA
#48

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY
#50

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Remaining Award Winners

This section represents the rest of the colleges awarded a Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 487 different United States teacher education subject specific schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
51 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
52 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
53 St John’s University - New York Queens, NY
54 Brigham Young University - Provo Provo, UT
55 Boston University Boston, MA
56 Iowa State University Ames, IA
57 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
58 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
59 University of Wisconsin - River Falls River Falls, WI
60 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
61 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL
62 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
63 William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ
64 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
65 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY
66 Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
67 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
68 University of Wisconsin - Stout Menomonie, WI
69 Lewis University Romeoville, IL
70 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
71 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT
72 Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA
73 Hunter College New York, NY

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 Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
74 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
75 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
76 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
77 University of Mary Bismarck, ND
78 Hamline University Saint Paul, MN
79 Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA
80 Hastings College Hastings, NE
81 Rutgers University - Camden Camden, NJ
82 The City College of New York New York, NY
83 Valley City State University Valley City, ND
84 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE
85 California State University - East Bay Hayward, CA
86 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
87 Hood College Frederick, MD
88 Minnesota State University - Mankato Mankato, MN
89 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL
90 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
91 Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT
92 Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA
93 University of St Francis Joliet, IL
94 Pace University - New York New York, NY
95 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
96 Lehman College Bronx, NY
97 Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT

Teacher Education Subject Specific by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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