2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Teacher Education is the 97th most popular major in the country with 9,949 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 284 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the New England Region

1

Assumption University
Worcester, Massachusetts

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Assumption University landed the #1 spot on the list. Assumption University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Teacher Education at Assumption

2

Saint Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Anselm College landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Anselm College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 13 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Teacher Education at Saint Anselm College

3

Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #3 spot on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 15 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full RWU Teacher Education Report

4

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in the New England Region list. Norwich University is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 3 bachelors’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Norwich University Teacher Education Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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