2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools
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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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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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.
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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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Rest of the Top Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools
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.
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.
Teacher Education Subject Specific by Region
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Teacher Education Subject Specific Related Rankings by Major
Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.
Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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