2024 Best Teacher Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

a bachelor's degree in teacher education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #154 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for teacher education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 14 bachelor's degrees in teacher education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to teacher education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other teacher education students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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 teacher education related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Teacher Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Teacher Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Teacher Education in Missouri

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

Top Missouri Schools for a Bachelor's in Teacher Education

1

Park University
Parkville, MO

6 Annual Graduates

Park University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in teacher education. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Parkville.More information about a bachelor’s in teacher education from Park University

2

Stephens College
Columbia, MO

7 Annual Graduates

Stephens College is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in teacher education. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.More information about a bachelor’s in teacher education from Stephens College

Best Teacher Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Teacher Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	446	0
Iowa	403	4
Nebraska	331	22
South Dakota	237	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Teacher Education

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

Majors Similar to Teacher Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	1,176
Secondary Education	300
Early Childhood Education	266
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	181

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.