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2024 Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools

104 Colleges in the United States
1,434 Doctor's Degrees
$69,468 Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #21 in popularity, curriculum & instruction is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 104 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,434 doctor's degrees in curriculum & instruction to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Curriculum & Instruction School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools The curriculum doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality curriculum program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for curriculum & instruction students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.


 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Curriculum & Instruction in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for curriculum & instruction students seeking a a doctor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

16 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Curriculum

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3 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction needs to look into Baylor University. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Waco.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Baylor University

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

It's difficult to beat University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Pennsylvania

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

It's difficult to beat University of Florida if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Curriculum & Instruction doctor's degree recipients from University of Florida earn a boost of around $10,189 over the typical income of curriculum & instruction majors.

More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Florida

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13 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in curriculum & instruction. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Purdue University - Main Campus

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3 Annual Graduates

UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Maryland - College Park

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2 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Virginia - Main Campus

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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
8 Annual Graduates

Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Boston College

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8 Annual Graduates

GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from George Washington University

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10 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
21 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Virginia Tech

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16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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Boston University
Boston, MA
2 Annual Graduates

Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Boston University

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Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Doctorate recipients from the curriculum & instruction degree program at Teachers College at Columbia University get $5,679 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Teachers College at Columbia University

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2 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from Loyola University Chicago

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STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Queens.

Curriculum & Instruction doctor's degree recipients from St John's University - New York get an earnings boost of about $63,818 over the typical income of curriculum & instruction majors.

More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from St John’s University - New York

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8 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in curriculum & instruction from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Curriculum & Instruction Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
16 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
17 Capella University Minneapolis, MN
18 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
19 University of the Pacific Stockton, CA
20 University of South Florida - Main Campus Tampa, FL
21 University of Denver Denver, CO
22 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
23 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
24 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
25 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

Curriculum & Instruction by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Curriculum & Instruction is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Curriculum Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction 1,434

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 7,684
General Education 2,177
Teacher Education Subject Specific 495
Teacher Education Grade Specific 431
Other Education 426
Student Counseling 418
Educational Assessment 270
Instructional Media Design 205
Special Education 204
Education Philosophy 120

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