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 graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana376$24,8821 year out$64,446$22,728 2Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia342$34,6771 year out$52,617$26,901 3Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah281$44,9581 year out$50,239$25,145 4University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky274$35,2821 year out$52,644$24,002 5State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York252$42,1321 year out$62,533$25,837 6Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan181$43,9961 year out$49,750$29,000 7University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky178$56,1881 year out$56,902$22,250 8Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah172$47,1531 year out$52,995$9,117 9Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio171$41,9441 year out$49,306$23,250 10Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois163$44,6131 year out$55,738$24,149 11Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah152$37,5211 year out$60,160$14,757 12University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa144$43,6021 year out$47,443$26,000 13Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho141$42,0941 year out$44,333$13,680 14Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia133$33,6901 year out$50,910$25,000 15Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana129$46,3471 year out$53,195$24,998 16University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama127$32,0931 year out$47,189$24,573 17Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts127$38,2161 year out$52,423$27,000 18Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington127$41,9141 year out$60,209$23,009 19Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan126$42,3731 year out$47,156$31,000 20University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana121$28,7461 year out$48,548$26,000 21SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, New York121$45,1101 year out$58,851$27,000 22Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia120$26,9671 year out$48,032$28,687 23Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona118$46,5791 year out$51,542$22,009 24Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan116$42,4681 year out$49,919$29,000 25Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington116$49,1771 year out$62,919$23,377 26Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan112$46,1241 year out$51,809$30,750 27University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska112$45,7861 year out$51,736$23,000 28St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York111$40,7901 year out$62,852$26,944 29Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina111$41,0181 year out$46,827$21,614 30Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio111$39,8171 year out$47,090$24,560 31CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York108$58,8941 year out$69,509$16,000 32SUNY BrockportBrockport, New York103$37,1671 year out$52,858$26,000 33Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois102$54,2151 year out$63,679$21,182 34SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York100$36,7761 year out$66,871$19,032 35Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas99$41,1601 year out$44,636$24,000 36University of South FloridaTampa, Florida98$47,6981 year out$51,927$20,375 37State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York98$39,7141 year out$59,452$24,293 38Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia96$45,2431 year out$51,577$26,500 39University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia94$43,1291 year out$51,750$20,750 40Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas94$43,2731 year out$53,261$23,082 41Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio94$35,8601 year out$47,225$26,750 42CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York91$46,2331 year out$72,392$13,178 43University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming91$49,5871 year out$55,537$18,500 44East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina87$43,6071 year out$47,784$26,000 45Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah87$49,2971 year out$50,438$18,715 46University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut86$25,7771 year out$59,551$25,000 47Emporia State UniversityEmporia, Kansas85$43,9541 year out$46,340$22,500 48Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana84$40,3641 year out$50,736$20,500 49North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina83$45,2111 year out$57,040$25,000 50University of MaineOrono, Maine82$35,7641 year out$50,136$27,000 51Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota82$44,0021 year out$50,609$26,762 52Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania81$46,0191 year out$53,579$26,000 53Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida79$50,6101 year out$51,417$22,500 54University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin79$47,2301 year out$53,835$24,500 55State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York78$39,6891 year out$57,669$24,452 56University of IowaIowa City, Iowa77$44,7151 year out$50,407$25,000 57University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico77$29,9971 year out$58,497$14,250 58University of FloridaGainesville, Florida76$47,5721 year out$51,336$15,275 59University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois75$47,2921 year out$59,699$17,125 60University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin74$40,0051 year out$43,771$25,719 61California State University-FresnoFresno, California73$27,2111 year out$59,795$15,000 62Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota73$43,3071 year out$50,134$26,082 63Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri73$34,2061 year out$38,822$21,748 64University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada72$47,5441 year out—$20,769 65Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida71$30,5781 year out$48,429$18,802 66Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri71$37,0571 year out$43,088$26,221 67SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York71$34,4351 year out—$23,000 68University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin71$39,6731 year out$52,202$26,000 69SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York69$34,6461 year out$47,811$25,000 70SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, New York69$36,2761 year out$49,975$27,000 71Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah68$45,0421 year out$52,567$16,500 72Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah67$50,6001 year out$51,390$26,767 73Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa66$47,5591 year out$54,845$19,000 74Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California65—1 year out—$21,875 75University of La VerneLa Verne, California65$27,6161 year out$52,345$23,533 76University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida64$33,4711 year out$50,972$21,088 77University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma64$47,7411 year out$51,142$25,000 78University of DelawareNewark, Delaware63$49,0411 year out$62,033$26,298 79Wayne State CollegeWayne, Nebraska63$42,5891 year out$49,237$25,957 80Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey63$49,9691 year out$57,060$27,000 81Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan62$34,5901 year out$50,327$26,000 82Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama61$44,8971 year out$52,004$23,600 83Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia61$31,0711 year out$49,903$25,523 84Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington61$42,7951 year out$65,749$26,000 85University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin61$42,2561 year out$51,631$26,875 86Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan60$43,4431 year out$48,861$27,000 87The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey60$56,0551 year out$65,228$26,000 88Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho59$41,1411 year out$49,857$27,880 89Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island59$44,7891 year out$54,765$29,659 90Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas58$43,8021 year out$49,676$24,125 91Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan58$43,5851 year out$48,009$28,550 92Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota58$44,8501 year out$50,414$29,750 93University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma58$47,5721 year out$50,523$25,500 94Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas57$47,1211 year out$45,796$22,145 95Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas57$53,2011 year out$56,406$27,000 96Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland56$51,2091 year out$56,996$21,500 97Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana56$44,9231 year out$56,250$19,500 98Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York55$48,2491 year out$59,738$26,500 99Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey54$40,9291 year out$66,297$29,625 100North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota54$46,9701 year out$50,243$25,485

Associate programs — 82 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

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

Certificate programs — 76 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

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

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 (—).