2024 Best Education Schools in the New England Region
87Colleges in the New England Region
16,974Education Degrees Awarded
$46,380Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #4 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 87 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Education Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 16,974 degrees in education to qualified students.
Your choice of education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Education Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Education in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student pursuing a degree in education needs to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 761 education students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year. Education degree recipients from Harvard University earn a boost of approximately $32,596 above the typical earnings of education graduates.
Boston University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in education. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 660 education students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program state that they receive average early career income of $46,501.
It is hard to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a degree in education. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were about 81 education students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Those education students who get their degree from Brown University make $8,158 more than the standard education graduate.
Providence College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in education. Located in the city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #120 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were about 166 education students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent data year. Education degree recipients from Providence College get an earnings boost of about $6,928 above the typical earnings of education majors.
Boston College is a large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were about 298 education students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent year we have data available. Education degree recipients from Boston College get an earnings boost of approximately $12,981 above the average earnings of education majors.
Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 545 education students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program state that they receive average early career wages of $47,758.
Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were about 45 education students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program state that they receive average early career income of $45,544.
Bridgewater State is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bridgewater. This university ranks 26th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 705 education students who graduated with this degree at Bridgewater State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program state that they receive average early career income of $43,776.
Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #163 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Fairfield U is a great university overall.
There were about 90 education students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the education major at Fairfield University earn $4,697 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Endicott is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Beverly. A Best Colleges rank of #499 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Endicott is a great college overall.
There were about 472 education students who graduated with this degree at Endicott in the most recent data year. Those education students who get their degree from Endicott College earn $18,084 more than the standard education grad.
Framingham State is a small public university located in the small city of Framingham. This university ranks 38th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 358 education students who graduated with this degree at Framingham State in the most recent year we have data available. Education degree recipients from Framingham State University get an earnings boost of approximately $11,696 over the typical income of education graduates.
Worcester State is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Worcester. This university ranks 40th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 265 education students who graduated with this degree at Worcester State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the education program make an average of $48,154 in the first couple years of working.
Simmons is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #90 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Simmons is a great university overall.
There were roughly 93 education students who graduated with this degree at Simmons in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the education degree program at Simmons University make $3,307 above the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Education Schools in the New England Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
