2025 Best Reading Teacher Education Schools in California
4Colleges in California
93Reading Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
Ranked #129 in popularity, reading teacher education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for reading teacher education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 93 degrees in reading teacher education annually.
Your choice of reading teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Reading Teacher Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Reading Teacher Education Rankings by Degree Level
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Best Schools for Reading Teacher Education in California
The schools below may not offer all types of reading teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top California Schools in Reading Teacher Education
California State University - Fresno is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in reading teacher education. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 81st out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 15 reading teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Fresno State in the most recent year we have data available.
California State University - Fullerton is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in reading teacher education. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fullerton. A Best Colleges rank of #271 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cal State Fullerton is a great university overall.More information about a degree in reading teacher education from California State University - Fullerton
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Focus on the skills you need to help students in grades K-12 overcome their reading difficulties with this specialized online MEd from Southern New Hampshire University.
Fresno Pacific University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in reading teacher education. Fresno Pacific is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fresno. This university ranks 96th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 13 reading teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Fresno Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in reading teacher education has to look into California State University - San Marcos. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #507 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CSUSM is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 reading teacher education students who graduated with this degree at CSUSM in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of reading teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Reading Teacher Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
