2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s
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Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,390 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 62 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the teacher education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s. USF Tampa is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 71 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree teacher education students list, USF Tampa has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,355 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students per year to attend USF Tampa.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 15 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $10,274 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 62 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Martin landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Martin is located in Martin, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 56 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $10,955 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Heritage University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s. Heritage University is located in Toppenish, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
Heritage University also took the #15 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Heritage University is $10,056 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Park University is located in Parkville, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Park University is $15,579 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
University of North Alabama did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,130 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend University of North Alabama.
With a ranking of #7, University of Memphis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,248 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend UofM.
Troy University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for TROY is $14,285 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
With a ranking of #9, Birmingham Southern College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Birmingham Southern College is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BSC, the school also landed the #24 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,107 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend Birmingham Southern College.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teacher education degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $18,394 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 8 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,208 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Austin Peay State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Austin Peay State University is a fairly large school located in Clarksville, Tennessee that handed out 57 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Austin Peay State University is $13,692 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
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Frostburg State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Frostburg, Maryland, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
Frostburg State also made our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #23. The estimated yearly cost for Frostburg State is $16,676 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
With a ranking of #14, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Chattanooga did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #20 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,952 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students per year to attend UT Chattanooga.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
UL Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #21 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisiana at Lafayette is $12,487 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
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Stockton University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Galloway, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Stockton University is $19,678 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Virginia Union University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $21,813 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend Virginia Union University.
Tennessee State University landed the #18 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Tennessee State University is $12,443 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
Middle Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
Middle Tennessee State University also made our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #25. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
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University of Toledo came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $17,630 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students per year to attend University of Toledo.
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University of Louisville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #21. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Louisville is $16,867 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
Augustana University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree teacher education students list, Augustana Sioux Falls has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Augustana Sioux Falls is $24,072 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of West Alabama landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized school located in Livingston, Alabama that handed out 16 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of West Alabama is $15,514 for Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education students.
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Western Kentucky University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Western Kentucky University is $11,962 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
Utica College ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Utica College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Utica, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Utica College is $22,471 for bachelor’s degree teacher education students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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References
- 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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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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