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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. 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.

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 in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 75 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master'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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for subject specific ed majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 15% Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means VanderCook College of Music is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, VanderCook College of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 75 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public school with a large student population.

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#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. UW - River Falls is a medium-sized public school located in the town of River Falls.

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#10

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

Olivet Nazarene 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 #10 on the list. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.

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University of Wisconsin - Stout ranked #11 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Teacher Education Subject Specific students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Lewis University Romeoville, IL
13 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL
14 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL
15 University of St Francis Joliet, IL

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
Indiana 1,703
Michigan 1,338
Wisconsin 913

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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