Bachelor's Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 685 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois$60,91777%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 2Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey$59,37189%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 3Monroe UniversityBronx, New York$58,19468%—$15k$41k57%5,7011 mi 4Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington$57,62478%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 5Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey$57,14579%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 6Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey$56,30073%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 7The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey$56,23162%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 8Pierce College DistrictLakewood, Washington$55,849——$10k$48k31%5,3131 mi 9Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas$55,81444%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 10Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois$55,65282%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 11American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$55,62562%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 12Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington$55,427——$23k$62k60%1,252207 mi 13Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey$54,63383%—$21k$54k56%91036 mi 14University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$54,60486%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 15Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas, Texas$54,59489%1120$29k$57k57%2,403233 mi 16Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey$54,44776%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 17William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey$54,09390%—$19k$58k44%6,61414 mi 18Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas$53,61451%1329$41k$66k80%14,785175 mi 19Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$53,21546%975$10k$46k26%1,8444 mi 20Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington$53,13393%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 21University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$53,05445%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 22University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, Alaska$52,87563%—$12k$48k28%9071 mi 23Bowie State UniversityBowie, Maryland$52,61972%—$19k$55k38%5,04310 mi 24Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland$52,39579%—$27k$62k68%3,10214 mi 25Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$51,861——$10k$56k46%16,360551 mi 26Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$51,74982%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 27University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska$51,619——$11k$49k38%4,207236 mi 28Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida$51,545——$5k$41k46%46,182< 1 mi 29Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida$51,448——$7k$43k39%11,0522 mi 30Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania$51,30084%1240$27k$63k65%1,68458 mi 31Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland$51,23689%—$17k$55k50%2,909112 mi 32Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida$50,95163%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 mi 33Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida$50,82672%1176$19k$52k62%2,29722 mi 34Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida$50,73621%1107$14k$44k53%7,58223 mi 35Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania$50,72578%1204$27k$62k76%1,86849 mi 36Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana$50,70785%1274$36k$77k80%4,317135 mi 37University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas$50,65796%1099$26k$56k49%2,759169 mi 38Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland$50,54487%1252$18k$62k68%6,05713 mi 39Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland$50,53975%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 40Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas$50,48666%1194$26k$56k59%3,195316 mi 41The University of TampaTampa, Florida$50,47740%—$36k$59k64%10,5721 mi 42University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$50,44243%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 43University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii$50,40187%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi 44Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania$50,38979%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 45Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$50,31279%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 46Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$50,17866%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 47Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, North Dakota$49,81137%—$14k$51k51%1,090505 mi 48St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida$49,672——$1k$43k38%18,9501 mi 49University of JamestownJamestown, North Dakota$49,60888%—$20k$57k49%1,041311 mi 50Northwest UniversityKirkland, Washington$49,49983%1150$22k$55k71%6458 mi 51Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended EducationKirkland, Washington$49,499——$36k$55k50%4058 mi 52Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$49,497——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 53Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$49,48578%1239$23k$55k64%9436 mi 54University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$49,47596%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 55North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina$49,09950%1074$11k$44k57%12,182157 mi 56Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$48,99392%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 57Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, New Jersey$48,94671%1260$25k$54k57%1,57512 mi 58Louisiana State University-ShreveportShreveport, Louisiana$48,71751%1090$7k$47k38%2,153169 mi 59Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts$48,64183%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 60Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada$48,63487%—$14k$53k34%3,762234 mi 61Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida$48,612——$4k$38k45%11,8223 mi 62University of DelawareNewark, Delaware$48,58771%1292$18k$73k81%19,0718 mi 63College of Central FloridaOcala, Florida$48,537——$12k$38k44%5,03334 mi 64Indiana University-NorthwestGary, Indiana$48,49773%1055$5k$43k37%2,6615 mi 65Morningside UniversitySioux City, Iowa$48,47871%—$31k$55k50%1,163362 mi 66Minot State UniversityMinot, North Dakota$48,42565%1051$13k$52k45%2,062440 mi 67Polk State CollegeWinter Haven, Florida$48,210——$9k$41k35%7,18044 mi 68Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia$48,20396%—$16k$48k21%11,344207 mi 69Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois$48,10574%1151$24k$61k70%3,00616 mi 70University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$48,03842%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 71Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware$48,003——$16k$54k20%7,9062 mi 72Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota$47,97896%1087$16k$47k43%1,928589 mi 73Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$47,93981%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 74University of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana$47,90574%1052$12k$48k38%4,6381 mi 75Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah$47,83282%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 76Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$47,82580%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 77Oklahoma Christian UniversityEdmond, Oklahoma$47,80197%1122$22k$49k56%1,885429 mi 78Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware$47,72847%940$14k$49k39%4,3987 mi 79Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois$47,71487%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 80Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida$47,67148%1271$35k$58k75%2,63132 mi 81North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois$47,66877%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 82Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee$47,65568%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 83Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah$47,619——$16k$45k38%8,552342 mi 84Franklin CollegeFranklin, Indiana$47,61070%1145$23k$55k60%900161 mi 85Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York$47,56479%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 86Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia$47,51378%1163$21k$58k64%5,947143 mi 87Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania$47,45390%1090$27k$67k57%1,06716 mi 88Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut$47,44583%1160$21k$56k58%3,41826 mi 89University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas$47,42874%1169$18k$58k71%28,677421 mi 90Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington$47,35991%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 91Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$47,33190%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 92Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania$47,31987%1120$24k$56k56%4,08673 mi 93University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida$47,21053%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 94Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin$47,18587%1150$27k$57k64%2,6601 mi 95Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois$47,13497%1011$20k$49k35%2,8491 mi 96Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina$47,09566%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.