2025 Best Teacher Education Schools in the New England Region
7Colleges in the New England Region
310Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Teacher Education Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 310 degrees in teacher education to qualified students.
The teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Teacher Education rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Teacher Education in the New England Region
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.
Top New England Region Schools in Teacher Education
Saint Anselm College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in teacher education. St. Anselm College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize suburb of Manchester. A Best Colleges rank of #306 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means St. Anselm College is a great college overall.
There were about 11 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at St. Anselm College in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Roger Williams University if you want to pursue a degree in teacher education. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #564 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means RWU is a great university overall.
There were about 4 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year.
Eastern Connecticut State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in teacher education. ECSU is a small public university located in the town of Willimantic. This university ranks 15th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 4 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at ECSU in the most recent data year.
University of New England is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in teacher education. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Biddeford. A Best Colleges rank of #742 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNE is a great university overall.
There were about 103 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at UNE in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 51 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent data year.
NECC is a small public college located in the large suburb of Haverhill. This college ranks 53rd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 8 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at NECC in the most recent data year.
Assumption is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Worcester. This university ranks 48th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 34 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Assumption 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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The teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Teacher Education rankings. 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.
