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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US 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.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 52 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular master's 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 master's degree.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 80% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 65 students majoring in subject specific ed at UW Seattle, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 56 students majoring in subject specific ed at CWU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#4

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in subject specific ed at Stanford, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Fresno Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 43 students majoring in subject specific ed at Fresno Pacific, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 40 students majoring in subject specific ed at Cal State East Bay, 8% are male and 93% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Azusa Pacific University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.

Women make up 54% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Women make up 76% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#9

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

Lewis & Clark College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

About 61% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 39% are male.

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Eastern Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 79% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
California 1,037
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

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.

  • 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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