2024 Best Secondary Education Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

Secondary Education is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #33 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Secondary Education Master's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 master's degrees in secondary education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Secondary Education School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of secondary education for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality secondary teaching program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 secondary education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other secondary education 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized secondary education related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Secondary Education Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Secondary Education Master's Degree Schools in Oregon list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Secondary Education in Oregon

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in secondary education.

Top Oregon Schools for a Master's in Secondary Teaching

1

Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Pacific University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in secondary education. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Forest Grove.More information about a master’s in secondary education from Pacific University

2

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Western Oregon University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in secondary education. Located in the fringe town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in secondary education from Western Oregon University

3

Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Annual Graduates

Eastern Oregon University is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in secondary education. Located in the town of La Grande, EOU is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in secondary education from Eastern Oregon University

Best Secondary Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Secondary Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	675	488
Washington	402	209
Nevada	126	28
Hawaii	110	11
Alaska	65	22

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Secondary Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Teacher Education Grade Specific area of study, Secondary Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Secondary Teaching

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education	314
Teacher Development & Methodology	97
Elementary Education	64
Early Childhood Education	29
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods	17
Adult & Continuing Education	10

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 Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.