2025 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for teacher education subject specific students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 788 master's degrees in teacher education subject specific to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Teacher Education Subject Specific School for Your Master's Degree

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on teacher education subject specific students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other teacher education subject specific students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for teacher education subject specific to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized teacher education subject specific related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for teacher education subject specific students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

The subject specific ed 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Teacher Education Subject Specific in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in teacher education subject specific.

10 Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Subject Specific Ed

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

147 Annual Graduates

$59,382 Median Starting Salary

Boston University is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in teacher education subject specific. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the subject specific ed program earn an average of $59,382 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in teacher education subject specific from Boston University

2

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

34 Annual Graduates

$60,505 Median Starting Salary

Boston College is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in teacher education subject specific. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Those teacher education subject specific students who get their master's degree from Boston College receive $2,925 more than the standard subject specific ed grad.

More information about a master’s in teacher education subject specific from Boston College

3

Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA

47 Annual Graduates

$57,928 Median Starting Salary

Bridgewater State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in teacher education subject specific. Located in the large suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the subject specific ed program state that they receive average early career income of $57,928.

More information about a master’s in teacher education subject specific from Bridgewater State University

4

Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA

18 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in teacher education subject specific needs to look into Fitchburg State University. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in teacher education subject specific from Fitchburg State University

5

Westfield State University
Westfield, MA

15 Annual Graduates

Westfield is a small public university located in the suburb of Westfield.More information about a master’s in teacher education subject specific from Westfield State University

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the New England Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to Subject Specific Ed

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Teacher Education Subject Specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.