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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's 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 Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in California to see which master'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.

Check out the subject specific ed master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

About 80% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Women make up 68% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fresno Pacific University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fresno.

Women make up 56% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at California State University - East Bay helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in California. Cal State East Bay is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Hayward.

Women make up 93% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Azusa, Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 54% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 46% are male.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.

About 76% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 24% are male.

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California State University - Chico landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Chico, Chico State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in subject specific ed at Chico State, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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California State University - Fresno ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Fresno State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fresno.

Women make up 86% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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California State University - San Marcos landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. CSUSM is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Marcos.

Of the 17 students majoring in subject specific ed at CSUSM, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#10

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco 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. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

Women make up 94% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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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 Colleges 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 32 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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