Vanderbilt has been recognized as the best university for a master's degree in education in 2010. The university scored 100 out of 100, according to U.S. News & World Report's ranking scales. Vanderbilt has been ranked in the top five schools for education in the U.S. for the past eight years, and has several specialties within that major, including special education, higher education administration and educational psychology.
Scoring 91 out of 100 according to the U.S. News & World Report, Columbia's Teachers College came in second on the top education rankings. The school is the biggest and oldest school of education in the United States and has a distinguished history in New York City. There are a variety of specializations that can be taken at the university, including art and art education, adult education and organizational learning, comparative and international education, and developmental psychology programs. There is even a specialization in deaf and the hard of hearing.
Although Harvard University is ranked No. 3 in the ratings of education universities, it is often recognized as the best university in the country overall. Scoring 90 out of 100 on the U.S. News & World Report's scale, a degree obtained from this university always opens doors in the career market. Harvard has more than 100 faculty and 900 masters and doctoral students, as of 2011.
Stanford University tied with Harvard for the No. 3 spot in the rankings, scoring 90 out of 100. With the mission of "aiming towards the ideal of enabling all people to achieve maximum benefit from their educational experiences," Stanford continually produces teachers with multifaceted capacities and outlooks.
With a ranking of 88 out of 100, the University of Oregon is the only public university to make the top five. It provides both undergraduate and graduate degrees in education. Allied with education centers across the country, the University of Oregon's College of Education has provided a varied degree in education since it began in 1876.