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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor'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.

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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 doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Teachers College at Columbia University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Women make up 74% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s University - New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. STJ is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Queens.

Women make up 81% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

About 83% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 17% are male.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#4

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 60% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Morgan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Morgan State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Women make up 50% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#7

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in subject specific ed at Syracuse, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#7

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

University at Buffalo landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

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#9

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

Hofstra University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hempstead.

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#9

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 764
Pennsylvania 1,776
New York 5,484
Maryland 576
District of Columbia 29
Delaware 122

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 21 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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