Top Ranked Schools for Education

Stanford University

• Rated No. 3 for its education program, according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings, is the Stanford University School of Education. In actuality, Stanford tied with Harvard University for the No. 3 spot in the rankings. Stanford's education program, like many of its other programs, offers interdisciplinary emphases within its various degree programs. Stanford does not offer an undergraduate degree in education; instead, students take graduate courses and receive advanced standing in the graduate program or take it as a minor in addition to their undergraduate studies in another field. Areas of emphasis include teacher education and curriculum, international comparative education, technology and learning design and leadership, policy and organizational studies. Students can also pursue joint degrees in conjunction with other schools within the university.

  Stanford University
  School of Education
  485 Lasuen Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305-3096
  650-723-2109
  ed.stanford.edu/suse

Harvard University

• Tied with Stanford at No. 3, Harvard University is world renowned for many of its degree programs; education is no exception. Like the program at Stanford, Harvard emphasizes interdisciplinary research within the educational field. Areas of emphasis include the arts and education; international education policy; technology in education; innovative approaches to education; psychology and human development; literacy and language; methods of learning and teaching; higher education; mind, brain and education; and school leadership.

  Harvard University
  Graduate School of Education
  Appian Way
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-3414
  gse.harvard.edu

Columbia University

• According to the U.S. News & World Report rankings, Columbia University's Teachers College is the No. 2--rated program in the U.S. Like the programs at both Stanford and Harvard, Columbia emphasizes graduate study and research in the field of education. Areas of interdisciplinary specialization offered at Columbia include fields such as educational institutions and the law, conflict resolution in education, education in the urban setting, community education and the family and policy studies in education.

  Teachers College
  Columbia University
  525 W. 120th St.
  New York, NY 10027
  212-678-3710
  tc.columbia.edu

Vanderbilt University

• The top ranked school for educating teachers is located at Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt's Peabody College is recognized in the educational community for its vast array of degree programs and innovative research in the field of education. The program is geared toward the study of education within the broader context of human psychology and development. With both master's and doctoral degrees, Peabody College offers innovative programs and some that resemble those offered at Columbia, Harvard and Stanford. Some of these include urban education and instruction, elementary education, instructional methods and learning styles, English language education and secondary education.

  Vanderbilt University
  Peabody College of Education and Human Development
  P.O. Box 327
  Nashville, TN 37203
  615-322-7444
  peabody.vanderbilt.edu