A teacher must first be a student, and graduate education program rankings can help you find the right classroom. With the U.S. News rankings of the top education schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size and test scores.
| Rank | School name | Tuition | Total enrollment | Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students | Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students |
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| #1 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $1,000 per credit (full-time) | 1,869 |
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| #2 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $41,616 per year (full-time) | 876 |
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| #3Tie | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $44,184 per year (full-time) | 379 |
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| #3Tie | Vanderbilt University (Peabody) Nashville, TN | $1,782 per credit (full-time) | 934 |
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| #5 | University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI | $11,864 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,191per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,011 |
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| #6 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | $15,015 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,840per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 917 |
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| #7Tie | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $46,836 per year (full-time) | 294 |
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| #7Tie | Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY | $1,398 per credit (full-time) | 4,911 |
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| #7Tie | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $45,568 per year (full-time) | 1,046 |
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| #10 | University of Texas—Austin Austin, TX | $8,402 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,124 |
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| #11 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $20,470 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,384per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 630 |
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| #12 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR | $16,032 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,752per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 516 |
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| #13Tie | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | $679 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,302 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,970 |
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| #13Tie | University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 747 |
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| #15Tie | Ohio State University Columbus, OH | $11,560 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,104per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,018 |
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| #15Tie | University of Southern California (Rossier) Los Angeles, CA | $1,602 per credit (full-time) | 1,748 |
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| #17Tie | Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ | $10,610 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,044per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,428 |
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| #17Tie | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 355 |
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| #17Tie | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | $363 per credit (in-state, full-time); $849 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 989 |
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| #20 | New York University (Steinhardt) New York, NY | $35,496 per year (full-time) | 3,049 |
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| #21 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $15,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,680per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,749 |
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| #22 | University of Virginia (Curry) Charlottesville, VA | $14,244 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,568per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 918 |
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| #23 | Boston College (Lynch) Chestnut Hill, MA | $1,260 per credit (full-time) | 689 |
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| #24 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $11,824 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,546per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 777 |
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| #25 | Indiana University—Bloomington Bloomington, IN | $413 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,202 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 934 |
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