2024 Best Teacher Education Schools in Pennsylvania
6Colleges in Pennsylvania
418Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #97 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for teacher education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 418 degrees in teacher education to qualified students.
Your choice of teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Teacher Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Pennsylvania.
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Best Schools for Teacher Education in Pennsylvania
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the teacher education degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat Delaware County Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in teacher education. Delaware County Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Media. This college ranks 77th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 19 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Delaware County Community College in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in teacher education needs to look into Gwynedd Mercy University. Located in the large suburb of Gwynedd Valley, Gwynedd - Mercy is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #529 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Gwynedd - Mercy is a great university overall.
There were approximately 62 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Gwynedd - Mercy in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Arcadia University if you want to pursue a degree in teacher education. Located in the large suburb of Glenside, Arcadia is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #339 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Arcadia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Arcadia in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in teacher education has to check out Holy Family University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Holy Family is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 45th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 21 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Holy Family in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in teacher education needs to take a look at Juniata College. Juniata is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Huntingdon. This college ranks 60th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.More information about a degree in teacher education from Juniata College
Gannon is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Erie. A Best Colleges rank of #569 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Gannon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Gannon in the most recent year we have data available.
Geneva is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Beaver Falls. This college ranks 71st out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 8 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Geneva in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Teacher Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
