Top Colleges for Secondary Education Majors

Michigan State University

• Michigan State University's College of Education has a top-rated Department of Teacher Education for students pursuing secondary education careers. MSU requires secondary education students to complete a one-year internship after college graduation before they receiving their teaching certification. According to the school's website, the department has award-winning faculty and a great rapport with local and national superintendents, who regularly approach MSU about hiring new grads.

  Student Affairs Office
  134 Erickson Hall
  College of Education
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, MI 48824-1034
  517- 353-9680
  educ.msu.edu

Pennsylvania State University

• Penn State University's College of Education is a top college for secondary-education majors. According to the college's website, 98 percent of its graduates are employed or in a graduate program within a year of graduation and 600 student teachers get placed in schools each year throughout Pennsylvania and beyond. Penn State boasts an award-winning professional development school teacher preparation program and outstanding success rates on Praxis standardized tests for educators.

  Undergraduate Advising and Certification Services
  Penn State College of Education
  228 Chambers Building
  University Park, PA 16802
  814-865-0488
  ed.psu.edu/educ

Stanford University

• Stanford is a world-renowned, Ivy League university, and its School of Education offers a broad approach to the discipline. Students studying secondary-education at Stanford are taught to look at the broader social, economic, and political contexts in which a teacher may find herself. Learning to recognize, analyze, and navigate within these contexts makes the most effective teachers, according to the school's website.

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

Ohio University

• The Ohio University College of Education has a proud history of over 124 years, according to the school's website. OU boasts a rich tradition of successfully educating and equipping students for success in secondary school classrooms. The Teacher Education department emphasizes community partnerships and trains students to solve social issues through education.

  College of Education Information Desk
  McCracken Hall Lobby
  Athens, OH 45701-2979
  740-593-4400
  cehs.ohio.edu