Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

20,829 students earn a teacher education and professional development, specific subject areas credential each year across 944 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $43,086
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $50,327

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 836 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois19$63,6151 year out—$25,250 2CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York108$58,8941 year out$69,509$16,000 3William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey15$58,8541 year out$62,718$31,000 4Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas8$58,6041 year out$50,974—5Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington8$57,6831 year out—$29,740 6Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas37$57,6651 year out$56,790$26,500 7University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky178$56,1881 year out$56,902$22,250 8The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey60$56,0551 year out$65,228$26,000 9University of California-IrvineIrvine, California15$56,0031 year out——10Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington14$55,8641 year out——11Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois102$54,2151 year out$63,679$21,182 12Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida42$53,5241 year out$55,262$27,516 13Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas57$53,2011 year out$56,406$27,000 14Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey11$52,9401 year out$53,684$27,000 15William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, Mississippi19$52,7901 year out—$25,524 16Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas12$52,7581 year out$55,525$26,000 17Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah15$52,6651 year out$43,796—18University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas30$52,1331 year out$56,495$27,000 19Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia11$51,6011 year out$50,178$27,000 20Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas12$51,3601 year out$55,185$27,000 21Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland56$51,2091 year out$56,996$21,500 22Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma52$51,0971 year out$52,976$23,102 23Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania15$50,9181 year out—$27,000 24Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania33$50,8251 year out$50,981$27,000 25Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada15$50,6911 year out——26Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida79$50,6101 year out$51,417$22,500 27Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah67$50,6001 year out$51,390$26,767 28Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia41$50,4291 year out—$26,250 29Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania44$50,0061 year out$53,731$26,000 30Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania5$50,0061 year out$53,731$26,000 31Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey63$49,9691 year out$57,060$27,000 32Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia12$49,7501 year out$50,655$23,250 33CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York8$49,7501 year out——34Franklin CollegeFranklin, Indiana—$49,7251 year out——35University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming91$49,5871 year out$55,537$18,500 36Valley City State UniversityValley City, North Dakota41$49,5821 year out$51,811$26,041 37St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida6$49,4351 year out——38Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah87$49,2971 year out$50,438$18,715 39Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania9$49,2631 year out$48,541$27,000 40CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York31$49,2451 year out$74,538$12,000 41Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York35$49,1861 year out$59,000$26,664 42Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington116$49,1771 year out$62,919$23,377 43University of DelawareNewark, Delaware63$49,0411 year out$62,033$26,298 44York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania16$48,6241 year out—$27,000 45Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbilene, Texas16$48,3341 year out$54,297$27,709 46Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguin, Texas23$48,2661 year out$56,048$27,000 47Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York55$48,2491 year out$59,738$26,500 48Concordia College at MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota36$48,1641 year out$52,263$27,000 49Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida13$48,1391 year out—$27,000 50North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois10$48,0741 year out—$27,000 51Concordia University-Saint PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota12$48,0561 year out$54,745—52Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida11$47,9661 year out—$26,000 53St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota17$47,8071 year out$57,128$27,000 54University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana6$47,7831 year out$49,478$27,000 55Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana44$47,7551 year out$52,829$26,000 56University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma64$47,7411 year out$51,142$25,000 57Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut15$47,7361 year out$54,386$29,000 58University of South FloridaTampa, Florida98$47,6981 year out$51,927$20,375 59Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana22$47,6841 year out$45,766$25,250 60Mayville State UniversityMayville, North Dakota14$47,6501 year out$55,578—61University of FloridaGainesville, Florida76$47,5721 year out$51,336$15,275 62University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma58$47,5721 year out$50,523$25,500 63Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa66$47,5591 year out$54,845$19,000 64University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada72$47,5441 year out—$20,769 65Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota14$47,4941 year out$51,966—66Bethel UniversityMishawaka, Indiana8$47,3871 year out$45,879—67University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois75$47,2921 year out$59,699$17,125 68Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, Texas9$47,2721 year out—$35,550 69Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota12$47,2501 year out$51,678—70McMurry UniversityAbilene, Texas19$47,2401 year out—$28,901 71University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin79$47,2301 year out$53,835$24,500 72University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida10$47,2191 year out$52,853—73Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah172$47,1531 year out$52,995$9,117 74Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas57$47,1211 year out$45,796$22,145 75North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota54$46,9701 year out$50,243$25,485 76University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois46$46,8971 year out$50,026$21,500 77Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Illinois18$46,8351 year out$56,747$27,194 78Chadron State CollegeChadron, Nebraska21$46,8241 year out$51,833$24,943 79Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois39$46,7891 year out$58,102$27,000 80Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana11$46,7501 year out—$27,000 81Anderson UniversityAnderson, Indiana12$46,6371 year out$49,663$29,137 82Moravian UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania—$46,6001 year out—$27,000 83Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona118$46,5791 year out$51,542$22,009 84Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota18$46,4901 year out$68,407$27,984 85Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana10$46,4581 year out$50,756$27,962 86Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida13$46,4181 year out—$27,000 87Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana129$46,3471 year out$53,195$24,998 88Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey45$46,3431 year out$57,234$27,000 89CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York91$46,2331 year out$72,392$13,178 90Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan112$46,1241 year out$51,809$30,750 91University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin24$46,0691 year out$48,600$27,000 92Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, Oklahoma2$46,0691 year out—$27,000 93Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania81$46,0191 year out$53,579$26,000 94Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin18$45,9741 year out—$27,000 95University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin27$45,9661 year out$46,338$27,000 96Howard Payne UniversityBrownwood, Texas19$45,8911 year out$46,147$24,467 97Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania38$45,8901 year out$55,424$27,000 98Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana33$45,8621 year out$46,163$27,000 99Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland18$45,8081 year out$55,504$24,240 100Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut31$45,7901 year out$57,482$25,000

Associate programs — 82 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri35$30,8301 year out$28,860$9,000 2Seminary Bnos ChaimLakewood, New Jersey—$29,4301 year out——3Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri71$21,2201 year out$33,171$10,119 4Seminar L'moros Bais YaakovBrooklyn, New York0$21,1301 year out——5Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri57$19,8141 year out$36,413$6,000 6Ohel Margulia SeminaryMonsey, New York94$16,8791 year out——7Associated Beth Rivkah SchoolsBrooklyn, New York62$16,6051 year out——8Bnos Zion Of Bobov SeminaryBrooklyn, New York31$15,9641 year out——9Mineral Area CollegePark Hills, Missouri53—1 year out$34,209$11,362 10East Central CollegeUnion, Missouri44—1 year out——11Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri43—1 year out$37,839$7,199 12Moberly Area Community CollegeMoberly, Missouri43—1 year out$32,191—13Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi40—1 year out——14Fresno City CollegeFresno, California39—1 year out——15Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa, Oklahoma35—1 year out——16Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi31—1 year out$31,433—17St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri31—1 year out——18State Fair Community CollegeSedalia, Missouri28—1 year out$31,682—19Missouri State University-West PlainsWest Plains, Missouri27—1 year out——20Murray State CollegeTishomingo, Oklahoma23—1 year out——21Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York15—1 year out——22East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi13—1 year out——23Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami, Oklahoma12—1 year out——24Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——25New York SeminaryBrooklyn, New York12—1 year out——26Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale, Mississippi11—1 year out——27Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma11—1 year out——28Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas11—1 year out——29Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin11—1 year out——30Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland10—1 year out——31Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas10—1 year out$34,094—32Genesee Community CollegeBatavia, New York9—1 year out——33Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada8—1 year out——34Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster, Ohio8—1 year out——35Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio8—1 year out——36Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah8—1 year out——37Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas6—1 year out——38Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland6—1 year out——39Western Nebraska Community CollegeScottsbluff, Nebraska6—1 year out——40Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Mississippi5—1 year out——41Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska5—1 year out——42Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey5—1 year out——43Seminole State CollegeSeminole, Oklahoma5—1 year out——44Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming5—1 year out——45Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware4—1 year out——46City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois4—1 year out——47Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas4—1 year out——48Frederick Community CollegeFrederick, Maryland4—1 year out——49Harford Community CollegeBel Air, Maryland4—1 year out——50Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell, New Jersey4—1 year out——51Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon4—1 year out——52Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——53Clark CollegeVancouver, Washington4—1 year out——54North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho3—1 year out——55Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky3—1 year out——56Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky3—1 year out——57Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky3—1 year out——58Prince George's Community CollegeLargo, Maryland3—1 year out——59SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, New York3—1 year out——60Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton, Oklahoma3—1 year out——61Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas3—1 year out——62Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs, Wyoming3—1 year out——63Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana2—1 year out——64Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland2—1 year out——65Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi2—1 year out——66Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington2—1 year out——67Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland2—1 year out——68Compton CollegeCompton, California1—1 year out——69Hagerstown Community CollegeHagerstown, Maryland1—1 year out——70Howard Community CollegeColumbia, Maryland1—1 year out——71Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska1—1 year out——72Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico1—1 year out——73Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, North Carolina1—1 year out——74University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio1—1 year out——75Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington1—1 year out——76Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokane, Washington1—1 year out——77Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin1—1 year out——78Carroll Community CollegeWestminster, Maryland1—1 year out——79University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut——1 year out—$12,000 80Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi——1 year out$36,117$9,247 81Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville, Mississippi——1 year out$33,501—82Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas——1 year out$40,256—

Certificate programs — 76 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Valley City State UniversityValley City, North Dakota37$44,8861 year out—$22,747 2Upper Valley Educators InstituteLebanon, New Hampshire—$43,5491 year out—$19,250 3Derech Hachaim SeminaryMonroe, New York62$29,3861 year out——4Miami Regional UniversityMiami Springs, Florida—$18,7141 year out$34,676$8,300 5Huertas CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico22$9,6951 year out$20,962—6Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa90—1 year out—$11,000 7University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky84—1 year out——8Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio70—1 year out——9North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa51—1 year out——10Alliant International University-San DiegoSan Diego, California32—1 year out——11University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio24—1 year out——12University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin23—1 year out——13Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona21—1 year out——14White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire19—1 year out——15University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota18—1 year out$53,047—16University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin17—1 year out——17Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——18Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas15—1 year out——19Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota13—1 year out——20Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri13—1 year out——21Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew London, New Hampshire12—1 year out——22Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, Wisconsin12—1 year out——23Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey11—1 year out——24Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio11—1 year out——25Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana10—1 year out——26Dorsey College-WoodhavenWoodhaven, Michigan10—1 year out——27Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota8—1 year out——28Brigham Young University-HawaiiLaie, Hawaii8—1 year out——29Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota7—1 year out——30St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota7—1 year out——31Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota7—1 year out——32The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas7—1 year out——33University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin7—1 year out——34College for Creative StudiesDetroit, Michigan6—1 year out——35St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota6—1 year out——36Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri6—1 year out——37Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas5—1 year out——38Riverland Community CollegeAustin, Minnesota5—1 year out——39Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota5—1 year out——40The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana5—1 year out——41Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCoon Rapids, Minnesota4—1 year out——42University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri4—1 year out——43Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia4—1 year out——44VanderCook College of MusicChicago, Illinois3—1 year out——45Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts3—1 year out——46Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts3—1 year out——47Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan3—1 year out——48Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York3—1 year out——49Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island3—1 year out——50Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia3—1 year out——51University of FloridaGainesville, Florida2—1 year out——52University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia2—1 year out——53Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky2—1 year out——54Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan2—1 year out——55North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota2—1 year out——56Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota2—1 year out——57Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri2—1 year out——58University of RochesterRochester, New York2—1 year out——59Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio2—1 year out——60Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——61Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——62Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming2—1 year out——63Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona1—1 year out——64Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho1—1 year out——65Summit Salon Academy-LexingtonLexington, Kentucky1—1 year out——66Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan1—1 year out——67NHTI-Concord's Community CollegeConcord, New Hampshire1—1 year out——68Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York1—1 year out——69State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York1—1 year out——70University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota1—1 year out——71University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, Ohio1—1 year out——72Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——73University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin1—1 year out——74University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin1—1 year out——75Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming1—1 year out——76Northwest CollegePowell, Wyoming1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).