2024 Best Colleges for Teacher Education and Professional Development

SUMMARY

A degree in Teacher Education and Professional Development is a valuable choice and naturally a mandatory first step for students planning to pursue a career as a self-enrichment educator, a school teacher, or a curriculum developer. In fact, teacher education and professional development is a surprisingly popular major choice, being the 11th most popular major. In the last year, there were 50,540 teacher education and professional development diplomas received. In-state tuition for teacher education and professional development at private institutions is, on average, 3.5 times more costly than their public peers.

With an impressive 1174 colleges having programs for teacher education and professional development chances are that any universities you are looking at will have a degree program for you. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other teacher education and professional development undergrads, consider looking at universities in California which have more undergrads admitted to teacher education and professional development than any other state. less precisely, the top region to major in teacher education and professional development is in the Southeast region with University of Central Florida, Florida International University, and Liberty University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the top conference to study teacher education and professional development is the Southeastern Conference with University of Georgia, Mississippi State University, and University of Missouri-Columbia representing the conference. That being said, our belief is that the best college for teacher education and professional development is Washington University in St Louis, and here you can find our comprehensive list for the best colleges.

The 'best' school is not necessarily the best school for every student. There can be tons more perspectives to weigh when deciding on college. Things like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would definitely sway your choice of where to go to university. At Authority, we've evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which teacher education and professional development college boasts the top campus, the answer is New York University. If, for example, you are very interested in which college is home to the finest campus, we have an entire list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more to compare all U.S. majors in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our well researched list for the universities with the best student life&nbspand from that list, our pick for the school with the best student life for teacher education and professional development is University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Curious why? Continue reading to find out more about our top selections. Many of our conclusions will probably shock you.

If expense is a significant deciding factor in your choice of where you attend college, you might consider avoiding Bucknell University. Bucknell University&nbspappears to be the most expensive school for teacher education and professional development, at least regarding out of state students. That being said, we have an entire list of the most expensive&nbspschools that could put the price tag at Bucknell University&nbspinto perspective. For more context, you may care to know that teacher education and professional development is the 144th most expensive degree in the United States, with an average cost of $34,300. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for teacher education and professional development on our list is District of Columbia at American University, The Catholic University of America, and The Catholic University of America - the main schools in the state - of $49,070, $46,950, and $46,950. Even more broadly, the most expensive region for teacher education and professional development is the Mid East region which is best demonstrated with Skidmore College with a cost of $55,136, Bucknell University with a cost of $57,882, and Villanova University with a cost of $54,550.

Our cheapest region for teacher education and professional development 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 Aspen University with a cost of $3,600. In better news, the most affordable college for teacher education and professional development is Martin Luther College. Authority's entire list of the most affordable colleges can be explored here.

In-state attendees can anticipate paying about $8,900 for a degree in teacher education and professional development. The price grows dramatically to a median of $19,300 for the out-of-state public-school student. Our choice for the college with the best value for teacher education and professional development: Washington University in St Louis. Here you will see our comprehensive list on the colleges we see as being the best value&nbspin general. Do know, this idea is based on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition is considered, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.

Earnings for teacher education and professional development majors differ a lot, but within two-years of finishing the degree graduates will regularly make around $46,000. There can be a lot of variation in earnings potential; top earners can rake in up to $91,000. Right out of university, the lowest earning positions within the teacher education and professional development field earn $23,000, which isn't that bad. The highest earning graduates from teacher education and professional development come from Villanova University&nbspand if you want to find the universities with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The overall diversity of teacher education and professional development is near the bottom, being within only the 23rd percentile of all programs. The college with the highest composite diversity for teacher education and professional development is New York University&nbspand here you can find our general list of the schools with the most diversity. The financial diversity of Teacher Education and Professional Development only ranks in the 34th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is even further below average in the 26th percentile. White undergraduates make up the largest proportion at 71% of those majoring in teacher education and professional development. Additionally, 88% of undergraduates pursuing a teacher education and professional development degree are women.

The median score for teacher education and professional development professors is 4.1 stars, a score that is 2% greater than the average score for all majors; this is a good score. If you are interested in the most popular teacher education and professional development professor in the country, take a look at Scott Deogburn at Berklee College of Music. This may surprise you, but the highest rated teacher education and professional development professors according to students are at Berklee College of Music. If we incorporate data other than simply rankings it becomes clear that the college possessing the overall best professors for teacher education and professional development is Northwestern University. One can find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with some of the finest professors in the country.

Finally, the hardest college to get into for teacher education and professional development is Northwestern University. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have a general list of the hardest colleges to get into. But, we hope you believe that looking at university with a lens primarily shaped by superlatives could cause issues. We at Authority encourage you to look at some of our other pages on individual colleges and explore a couple of our insightful background pages on important things to look for as you continue your college search.