SUMMARY
A degree in Mathematics Teacher Education is not only a valuable choice, but naturally a mandatory first step for scholars seeking to begin a career as a linear algebra professor, a calculus professor, or a discrete mathematics professor. In fact, mathematics teacher education is an uncommon major coming in at the 181st most popular major. Last year alone, there were 1,399 mathematics teacher education graduates. In-state tuition for mathematics teacher education at private schools is, on average, 2.9 times more expensive than their public peers.
There are 437 universities that offer this degree. This number of colleges is fairly average in terms of the number of institutions which offer each degree. If you are looking to surround yourself with other mathematics teacher education undergrads, consider universities in Utah which have the most students admitted to mathematics teacher education annually. Zooming out, the best region to get a degree in mathematics teacher education is in the Rocky Mountains region with Brigham Young University-Idaho, Brigham Young University-Provo, and Western Governors University best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick of the best conference to major in mathematics teacher education is the Mid-American Conference with Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, and Miami University-Oxford representing the conference. Based on our comprehensive list of the best colleges, our choice for the best school for mathematics teacher education is University of California-San Diego.
The objectively 'best' school is not necessarily the best school for every student. There might be a bunch more perspectives to weigh when choosing ​university. Features such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food could change your decision on where to go to school. Here at Authority, we've examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are interested in which mathematics teacher education school has the top campus, the answer is University of Connecticut. If, for example, you are very interested in which college has the best campus, we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more to compare every major in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our well researched list for the universities with the best student life and, from that list, our pick of the college with the best student life for mathematics teacher education is University of Georgia. Curious why? Keep reading to learn more about our top recommendations. Some of our picks will probably shock you.
If expense is a major influence in your decisions, you might be cautious about Baylor University. Baylor University is our most expensive university for mathematics teacher education, at least for out of state students. We have a page for the most expensive colleges that might put the cost of Baylor University into perspective. For more context, you could want to know that mathematics teacher education is the 327th most expensive program in the US, with an average associated cost of $21,600. To zoom out a little, the most expensive state for mathematics teacher education in the nation is Texas demonstrated by a tuition of $42,842 at the main university in the state Baylor University. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region for mathematics teacher education is the New England region which is best demonstrated with University of Connecticut with a cost of $36,466, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus with a cost of $32,050, and University of Vermont with a cost of $41,280.
Our cheapest region for mathematics teacher education is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Brigham Young University-Idaho with a cost of $4,208, Brigham Young University-Provo with a cost of $5,790, and Western Governors University with a cost of $6,380. In better news, the most affordable university for mathematics teacher education is Brigham Young University-Provo. Authority.org's entire list of the most affordable colleges can be explored here.
In-state students can anticipate paying around $9,600 for a degree in mathematics teacher education. The price balloons substantially to an average of $21,600 for the out-of-state public-school student. Our selection for the school constituting the best value for mathematics teacher education: University of California-San Diego. On this page you will find our comprehensive list of the universities we believe to be the best value in general. That being said, this discussion is predicated on out-of-state tuition costs. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.
Earnings for mathematics teacher education students differ a lot, but within two-years of leaving college graduates will regularly earn in the neighborhood of $45,900. There can be much variation in pay; top positions can bring in up to $91,100. Even straight out of university, the lowest earning jobs within the mathematics teacher education field make $22,900, which is an alright wage. The highest earning graduates from mathematics teacher education attended University of Delaware and if you want to find the schools with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.
The prevailing diversity of mathematics teacher education stands quite poor, ranking within only the 9th percentile of all majors. The school with the most composite diversity for mathematics teacher education is St John's University-New York and here you can find our comprehensive list of the universities with the most diversity. The financial diversity of Mathematics Teacher Education is only within the 86th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even lower in the 9th percentile. White collegians make up the largest proportion at 80% of scholars majoring in mathematics teacher education. Additionally, 71% of undergraduates seeking a mathematics teacher education degree are women.
The median ranking for mathematics teacher education professors is 3.8 stars, a ranking that is 5% less than the median score for all majors; which is a subpar ranking. If you want to find the most popular mathematics teacher education professor in the nation, consider looking up Will Martinelli at Solano Community College. It might be shocking, but the best rated mathematics teacher education instructors from student rankings are at Solano Community College. If we including data beyond simply rankings it becomes clear that the university with the overall best instructors for mathematics teacher education is University of California-San Diego. One can find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with many of the finest professors in the country.
Finally, the most difficult school to get into for mathematics teacher education is University of California-San Diego. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we do have a comprehensive page for the hardest colleges to get into. Although, we hope you understand that approaching higher education with a perspective mainly derived from superlatives might create problems. We at Authority hope you read our other pages on individual topics and explore a couple of our informative background pages on useful details to look for as you progress with your college search.