2023 Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 50 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
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Our analysis found Lebanon Valley College to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Pennsylvania.
Online graduate courses are available at LVC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UPenn. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 50 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Scranton landed the # 3 spot on the list.
University of Scranton does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 93% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 50 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Elizabethtown College landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Etown 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Online graduate courses are available at Lehigh, 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 24% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Westminster College Pennsylvania came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
Since the graduate programs at Westminster New Wilmington are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Villanova University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Villanova. In fact, around 89% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Saint Joseph’s University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Online graduate courses are available at St. Joe’s, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 94% took at least some of their classes online.
Wilkes University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Wilkes does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #10, West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at WCUPA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Duquesne 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 #11 on the list.
Duquesne 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 72% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Holy Family 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.
Holy Family 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.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania 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 #13 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Millersville. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Wilson College ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Since the graduate programs at Wilson are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus 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 #15 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Pitt. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 16% took at least some of their classes online.
Gwynedd Mercy University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Gwynedd - Mercy is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
With a ranking of #17, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at SRU, 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, 94% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Arcadia 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 #18 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Arcadia. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Ship does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
La Salle University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at La Salle. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #21, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 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 Kutztown University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
Saint Vincent College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
Saint Vincent does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 9% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #23, Temple University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree.
Temple does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
Marywood University landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Marywood does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 33% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Gannon University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree teaching programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Gannon, 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, 55% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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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%.
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