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Largest teacher education programs in the United States
U.S. teacher education programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Governors University | Salt Lake City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2,917 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 2,896 |
| 3 | Liberty University | Lynchburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1,139 |
| 4 | Relay Graduate School of Education | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 824 |
| 5 | University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 660 |
| 6 | Rasmussen University | St. Cloud | For-profit, 4-year | 621 |
| 7 | Arizona State University | Tempe | Public, 4-year | 621 |
| 8 | Ashford University | San Diego | For-profit, 4-year | 609 |
| 9 | University of West Alabama | Livingston | Public, 4-year | 606 |
| 10 | National Louis University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 592 |
| 11 | California State University-Fullerton | Fullerton | Public, 4-year | 575 |
| 12 | Ivy Tech Community College | Indianapolis | Public, 2-year | 563 |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | Springfield | Public, 4-year | 561 |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte | Public, 4-year | 559 |
| 15 | Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte | Public, 2-year | 553 |
| 16 | University of Phoenix-Arizona | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 549 |
| 17 | North Seattle College | Seattle | Public, 4-year | 540 |
| 18 | University of Central Florida | Orlando | Public, 4-year | 508 |
| 19 | Washington State University | Pullman | Public, 4-year | 487 |
| 20 | Walden University | Minneapolis | For-profit, 4-year | 481 |
| 21 | Illinois State University | Normal | Public, 4-year | 477 |
| 22 | Kennesaw State University | Kennesaw | Public, 4-year | 470 |
| 23 | California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | Public, 4-year | 460 |
| 24 | University of West Georgia | Carrollton | Public, 4-year | 456 |
| 25 | Dallas College | Dallas | Public, 4-year | 443 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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