If you pursue a degree in secondary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #84 most popular program in the country. 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 Idaho to determine which ones were the best for secondary education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 degrees in secondary education annually.
The secondary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Secondary Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for secondary education 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Secondary Education Schools in Idaho ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of secondary teaching degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Idaho is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in secondary education. U of I is a large public university located in the distant town of Moscow. A Best Colleges rank of #845 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U of I is a great university overall.
There were about 35 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in secondary education has to look into Boise State University. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #512 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boise State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Idaho State University if you wish to pursue a degree in secondary education. ISU is a large public university located in the city of Pocatello. This university ranks 4th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 15 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at ISU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Northwest Nazarene University if you wish to pursue a degree in secondary education. NNU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Nampa. This university ranks 7th out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.More information about a degree in secondary education from Northwest Nazarene University
Best Secondary Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
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).
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The secondary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Secondary Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for secondary education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
