Science Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #370 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 114 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Science Education Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,307 degrees in science education annually.
The physical science education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Science Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for science education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Science Education Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Science Education in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of physical science education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Georgia is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in science education. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 47 science education students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a degree in science education. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 science education students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in science education. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 science education students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Miami University - Oxford if you want to pursue a degree in science education. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #134 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 science education students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
CCNY is a large public college located in the large city of New York. This college ranks 65th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 7 science education students who graduated with this degree at CCNY in the most recent data year.
QC is a large public college located in the large city of Queens. This college ranks 52nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 11 science education students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent year we have data available.
UF is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 science education students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
CWU is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Ellensburg. This university ranks 6th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 17 science education students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 science education students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 62nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 6 science education students who graduated with this degree at Brooklyn College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 14 science education students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 science education students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WGU is a great university overall.
There were about 190 science education students who graduated with this degree at WGU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #250 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 science education students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 35 science education students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.
Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hempstead. A Best Colleges rank of #285 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Hofstra is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 science education students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.More information about a degree in science education from Baylor University
EWU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Cheney. This university ranks 16th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 3 science education students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent data year.
USU is a very large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 6th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 6 science education students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available.
WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. This university ranks 4th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 22 science education students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 science education students who graduated with this degree at Auburn 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).
The physical science education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Science Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for science education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
