Teacher Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #97 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for teacher education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 526 degrees in teacher education to qualified students.
Your choice of teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Teacher Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
The teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Teacher Education Schools in Oregon.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest 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 teacher education degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in teacher education has to check out George Fox University. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Newberg. This university ranks 9th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 110 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at GFU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in teacher education has to look into Pacific University. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Forest Grove. A Best Colleges rank of #411 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pacific is a great university overall.
There were about 20 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in teacher education has to look into University of Oregon. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were roughly 224 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Eastern Oregon University if you want to pursue a degree in teacher education. Located in the town of La Grande, EOU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 28 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at EOU 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).
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Your choice of teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Teacher Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
