2025 Best Secondary Education Schools in Minnesota
3Colleges in Minnesota
21Secondary Teaching Degrees Awarded
Ranked #84 in popularity, secondary education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Secondary Education Schools in Minnesota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 21 degrees in secondary education to qualified students.
Your choice of secondary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Secondary 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Secondary Education Schools in Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the secondary teaching degree levels they offer.
University of St Thomas Minnesota is a great decision for students interested in a degree in secondary education. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in secondary education has to take a look at Minnesota State University - Mankato. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the city of Mankato. This university ranks 11th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 6 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in secondary education has to look into North Central University. North Central University is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis. This university ranks 953rd out of 2,152 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were about 6 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at North Central University in the most recent data year.
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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