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2025 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in Virginia

5 Colleges in Virginia
2,037 Grade Specific Ed Degrees Awarded
$43,888 Avg Early-Career Salary
Teacher Education Grade Specific is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #6 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for teacher education grade specific students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,037 degrees in teacher education grade specific annually.

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Choosing a Great Teacher Education Grade Specific School

Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in Virginia The grade specific ed program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Teacher Education Grade Specific rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for teacher education grade specific schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

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Associate Degrees in Grade Specific Ed
Bachelor's Degrees in Grade Specific Ed
Master's Degrees in Grade Specific Ed

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Virginia

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the grade specific ed degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Virginia Schools in Grade Specific Ed

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
26th Most Popular In VA
36 Grade Specific Ed Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in teacher education grade specific has to check out George Mason University. GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 36 teacher education grade specific students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.

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Liberty University crest
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,126 Grade Specific Ed Degrees Awarded
$37,570 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Liberty University if you wish to pursue a degree in teacher education grade specific. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.

There were approximately 1126 teacher education grade specific students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the grade specific ed program report average early career wages of $37,570.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
27th Most Popular In VA
42 Grade Specific Ed Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in teacher education grade specific has to look into Virginia Commonwealth University. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #189 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 42 teacher education grade specific students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
189 Grade Specific Ed Degrees Awarded
30.2% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Old Dominion University if you wish to pursue a degree in teacher education grade specific. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.

There were approximately 189 teacher education grade specific students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the teacher education grade specific program at Old Dominion University make $10,101 more than the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
19th Most Popular In VA
31.0% Growth in Graduates

Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Winchester. This university ranks 13th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.

There were approximately 29 teacher education grade specific students who graduated with this degree at Shenandoah in the most recent data year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 4,306
Florida 282 3,335
North Carolina 279 3,207
Tennessee 269 1,509
South Carolina 248 1,602
Kentucky 244 1,613
Louisiana 242 762
Mississippi 234 1,578
Arkansas 234 1,719
Alabama 233 2,404
West Virginia 207 531

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One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Teacher Education Grade Specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Grade Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 1,057
Early Childhood Education 352
Teacher Development & Methodology 211
Secondary Education 186
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 70
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 67
Teacher Education 60
Adult & Continuing Education 34

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 1,818
Curriculum & Instruction 1,287
Special Education 1,175
Teacher Education Subject Specific 1,156
Student Counseling 977
General Education 954
Other Education 349
Teaching English or French 147
Instructional Media Design 111
Teaching Assistants 65

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