Majors

Best Colleges for Teacher Education, by Earnings

968 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Teacher Education, about 47,352 degrees a year. Across the 627 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $47,730 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$75,637	58	92.3%
2	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$73,857	66	53.8%
3	St. John's University-New York	NY	$69,439	75	83.4%
4	University of the Pacific	CA	$69,342	19	71.3%
5	CUNY York College	NY	$67,862	24	64.1%
6	Hofstra University	NY	$67,847	26	68.1%
7	CUNY Queens College	NY	$67,221	183	64.4%
8	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$66,848	15	78%
9	American University	DC	$66,160	18	62%
10	New York University	NY	$64,640	33	7.7%
11	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$64,100	104	77.3%
12	Elon University	NC	$63,041	45	66.4%
13	Western Washington University	WA	$62,500	43	93.3%
14	Molloy University	NY	$62,479	15	81.7%
15	Seton Hall University	NJ	$62,399	54	73.3%
16	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	$62,275	160	59.8%
17	Saint Peter's University	NJ	$62,040	31	90.3%
18	Boston College	MA	$61,719	41	16.4%
19	Centenary University	NJ	$61,358	40	83.1%
20	Washington State University	WA	$61,304	218	86.6%
21	Assumption University	MA	$61,136	18	83%
22	University of Utah	UT	$61,081	40	86%
23	Heritage University	WA	$60,999	42
24	University of Scranton	PA	$60,846	27	81.2%
25	Bowie State University	MD	$60,746	27	72.4%
26	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$60,612	2
27	Caldwell University	NJ	$60,433	12	71.3%
28	Rider University	NJ	$60,178	78	78.6%
29	Texas Christian University	TX	$60,125	51	44.5%
30	Whitworth University	WA	$60,010	61	89.8%
31	San Francisco State University	CA	$59,993	241	96.4%
32	University of Washington	WA	$59,736	121	39.1%
33	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$59,717	43	88.8%
34	Central Washington University	WA	$59,659	211	90.6%
35	Mount St. Mary's University	MD	$59,630	32	73.8%
36	Saint Martin's University	WA	$59,433	27	89.8%
37	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$59,328	99	62.3%
38	Chicago State University	IL	$59,296	10	43.3%
39	Salve Regina University	RI	$59,178	48	68.2%
40	Kean University	NJ	$58,885	146	75.9%
41	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$58,828	212	58.4%
42	Endicott College	MA	$58,749	28	71.2%
43	SUNY Oneonta	NY	$58,496	195	69.6%
44	North American University	TX	$58,363	8
45	Northwest University	WA	$58,134	4	83.2%
46	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$58,115	59	63.4%
47	Saint Xavier University	IL	$58,097	30	84.3%
48	University of Maryland	MD	$58,086	105	44.8%
49	Iona University	NY	$57,669	32	86.9%
50	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$57,622	44	80.6%
51	SUNY Old Westbury	NY	$57,360	65	83.6%
52	University of Rhode Island	RI	$56,999	122	72.2%
53	Marquette University	WI	$56,955	52	81.3%
54	Stockton University	NJ	$56,838	19	88.9%
55	George Fox University	OR	$56,768	68	93.5%
56	Jackson State University	MS	$56,747	26	93.2%
57	Salem State University	MA	$56,509	74	95.9%
58	Baylor University	TX	$56,476	35	51.3%
59	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$56,460	40	83.8%
60	Martin Luther College	MN	$56,435	89	87.2%
61	St. John Fisher University	NY	$56,411	48	66.4%
62	University of Delaware	DE	$56,301	175	70.6%
63	University of Connecticut	CT	$56,268	37	52.4%
64	Towson University	MD	$56,254	173	82%
65	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	$56,198	38	83.7%
66	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$56,095	264	96.2%
67	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$56,073	98	66.1%
68	Saint Anselm College	NH	$56,049	33	78.1%
69	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$55,996	59	78.4%
70	Coppin State University	MD	$55,944	19	45.8%
71	CUNY City College	NY	$55,895	85	60%
72	Emmanuel College	MA	$55,866	29	75.7%
73	Morgan State University	MD	$55,837	19	82.2%
74	Salisbury University	MD	$55,807	140	87.5%
75	Eastern Washington University	WA	$55,671	35	90.8%
76	Point University	GA	$55,626	2	44.3%
77	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$55,543	52	31.3%
78	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$55,532	81	73.7%
79	Temple University	PA	$55,494	119	80.4%
80	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$55,490	103	86.6%
81	La Salle University	PA	$55,322	13	96.6%
82	Vanderbilt University	TN	$55,188	26	5.9%
83	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$55,105	95	42.4%
84	Georgia State University	GA	$54,899	82	55.4%
85	Boston University	MA	$54,766	19	11.1%
86	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	$54,725	68	66.5%
87	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$54,695	20	75.5%
88	Nevada State University	NV	$54,646	59	86.8%
89	Drexel University	PA	$54,571	35	79.4%
90	University of Michigan	MI	$54,558	59	15.6%
91	University of Alaska Fairbanks	AK	$54,423	21
92	Elizabethtown College	PA	$54,337	24	77.9%
93	Saint Michael's College	VT	$54,308	11	84.5%
94	Southern Utah University	UT	$54,243	62	81.8%
95	Stevenson University	MD	$54,233	32	78.9%
96	DePaul University	IL	$54,208	43	75.9%
97	Widener University	PA	$54,136	9	70.9%
98	Indiana University-Northwest	IN	$54,088	20	73.4%
99	Dallas Baptist University	TX	$54,079	28	88.8%
100	Manhattanville University	NY	$53,971	21	87.3%

Showing the top 100 of 627 colleges that report earnings. 341 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Teacher Education graduates?

College of Staten Island CUNY ($75,637), CUNY Hunter College ($73,857), St. John's University-New York ($69,439), University of the Pacific ($69,342), CUNY York College ($67,862) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Teacher Education majors make?

The median across 627 colleges is $47,730 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $25,442 to $75,637.

Which colleges have the biggest Teacher Education programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: Grand Canyon University (1,069), The University of Arizona Global Campus (574), Arizona State University (568), Liberty University (487), Illinois State University (473).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.