Top Secondary Teacher Education Schools in the U.S.

Ranking School and Information
1 Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $602 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,151 per credit
Enrollment: 1,995
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 563
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 632
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $278.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $28.6
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 43.2%
2 Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Tuition: Full-time: $40,050 per year
Enrollment: 359
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 650
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 715
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $334.7
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $17.1
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 6.1%
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,375 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,133 per year
Enrollment: 1,041
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 555
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 640
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $256.9
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $28.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 36.3%
4 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $19,030 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,488 per year
Enrollment: 406
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 613
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 665
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $323.5
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $16.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 18.5%
5 University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $7,200 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,900 per year
Enrollment: 1,989
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 524
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 631
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $69.2
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $12.4
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 40.2%
6 Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (Nashville, TN)
Tuition: Full-time: $1,680 per credit
Enrollment: 855
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 634
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 702
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $417.3
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $38.0
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 4.7%
7 Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY)
Tuition: Full-time: $1,231 per credit
Enrollment: 5,108
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 547
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 655
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $311.5
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $44.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 21.6%
8 University of Virginia (Curry) (Charlottesville, VA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,762 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,086 per year
Enrollment: 673
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 588
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 657
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $197.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $13.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 26.9%
9 University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,072 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,942 per year
Enrollment: 1,007
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 571
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 589
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $536.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $28.9
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 42.7%
10 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus (Columbus, OH)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,853 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,734 per year
Enrollment: 1,198
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 549
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 644
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $192.8
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $30.9
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 34.7%
11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,908 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,174 per year
Enrollment: 1,004
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 540
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 705
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $169.3
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $14.9
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 48.9%
12 Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $378 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,100 per credit
Enrollment: 965
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 550
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 641
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $249.2
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $25.9
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 30.7%
13 University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $8,110 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,770 per year
Enrollment: 1,273
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 543
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 625
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $473.8
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $63.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 20.8%
14 University of Maryland: College Park (College Park, MD)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $525 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,131 per credit
Enrollment: 1,088
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 580
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 659
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $151.3
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $14.2
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 21.8%
15 New York University (Steinhardt) (New York, NY)
Tuition: Full-time: $31,536 per year
Enrollment: 3,532
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 616
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 677
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $182.7
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $24.1
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 6.6%
16 University of California: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $11,220 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,322 per year
Enrollment: 337
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 580
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 636
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $478.8
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $15.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 15.2%
17 Arizona State University (Phoenix, AZ)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $9,709 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,874 per year
Enrollment: 2,361
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 542
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 573
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $275.2
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $30.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 25.5%
18 Penn State University Park (University Park, PA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $17,172 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $29,656 per year
Enrollment: 1,119
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 553
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 642
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $145.1
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $17.0
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 34.3%
19 University of California: Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year
Enrollment: 835
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 542
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 612
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $747.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $33.6
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 32.0%
20 University of Connecticut (Neag) (Storrs, CT)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $10,224 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,532 per year
Enrollment: 807
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 585
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 679
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $192.0
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $12.1
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 43.0%
21 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $14,012 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,466 per year
Enrollment: 2,040
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 559
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 624
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $216.9
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $27.8
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 39.5%
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Tuition: In-state, full-time: $6,777 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,464 per year
Enrollment: 543
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 526
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 602
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $196.7
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $7.5
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 39.5%
23 Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Tuition: Full-time: $36,992 per year
Enrollment: 936
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students: 664
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students: 710
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands): $499.5
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions): $26.0
Doctoral programs acceptance rate: 7.3%