Ranked #97 in popularity, teacher education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Teacher Education Schools in Arkansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 279 degrees in teacher education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Teacher Education rankings. For our Best Overall Teacher Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in teacher education. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 67 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in teacher education needs to look into John Brown University. JBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Siloam Springs. This university ranks 4th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 13 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at JBU in the most recent year we have data available.
Harding University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in teacher education. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #618 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harding is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Harding in the most recent data year.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in teacher education. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Little Rock. This university ranks 9th out of 34 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 25 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Teacher Education rankings. For our Best Overall Teacher Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
