2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 803 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the United States
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Our 2023 rankings named Claremont Graduate University the best school in the United States for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Claremont Graduate University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in the United States.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Northwestern. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 2% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Teachers College. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Stanford does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 10% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Santa Clara University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at SCU. In fact, around 10% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, Lebanon Valley College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since LVC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UW Tacoma. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 4% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UPenn. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #9, Fresno Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Fresno Pacific. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 11% took at least some of their classes online.
Concordia University, Irvine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
Since the graduate programs at Concordia University, Irvine are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Brandman University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
Since the graduate programs at Brandman are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Brown. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 59% took at least some of their classes online.
Seattle University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Seattle U does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The College of New Jersey came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
TCNJ does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #15, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Harvard does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of California - Irvine ranked #16 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools list.
Online graduate courses are available at UC Irvine, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Seattle Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list.
SPU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 83% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Puget Sound came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
University of Redlands landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out University of Redlands. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Wisconsin Lutheran College landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Online graduate courses are available at WLC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Drake University landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Drake does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Scranton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Scranton. During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UW Seattle. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 7% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Stevenson University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Stevenson. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Wagner College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #25 on the list.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the United States
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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Rest of the Top 15% Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in the United States
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Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best teaching schools ranking:
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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