2024 Best Teacher Education Bachelor's Degree Schools
56
Colleges in the United States
1,991
Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in
teacher education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #154 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 56 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for teacher education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,991 bachelor's degrees in teacher education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Teacher Education School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The teacher education bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on teacher education students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of teacher education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized teacher education related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for teacher education students working on their bachelor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The teacher education 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools.
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