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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in California

5 Colleges
$19,766 Avg Salary
$9,571 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Teacher Education Subject Specific program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for subject specific ed majors pursuing a associate degree.

#1

Fresno City College

Fresno, CA

Our analysis found Fresno City College to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a associate degree in California. Fresno City College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fresno.

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#2

MiraCosta College

Oceanside, CA

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, MiraCosta College landed the # 2 spot on the list. MiraCosta College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Oceanside.

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#2

El Camino College

Torrance, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Camino College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Torrance, El Camino College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

The in-demand associate degree programs at Cerritos College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in California. Cerritos College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Norwalk.

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#2

Fullerton College

Fullerton, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fullerton College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Fullerton College is a public school with a large student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools 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 5 schools only.

  • 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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