2025 Best Teacher Education Schools in South Carolina
4Colleges in South Carolina
34Teacher Education Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in teacher education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #97 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for teacher education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 degrees in teacher education annually.
Your choice of teacher education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for teacher education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 Teacher Education Schools in South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Teacher Education in South Carolina
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 teacher education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in teacher education needs to look into College of Charleston. C of C is a fairly large public college located in the medium-sized city of Charleston. A Best Colleges rank of #692 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means C of C is a great college overall.
There were about 4 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent year we have data available.
Winthrop University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in teacher education. Winthrop is a small public university located in the small city of Rock Hill. This university ranks 13th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 5 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Winthrop in the most recent year we have data available.
Anderson University South Carolina is a great option for students interested in a degree in teacher education. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #936 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Anderson University South Carolina is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Anderson University South Carolina in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Coastal Carolina University if you wish to pursue a degree in teacher education. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Conway. This university ranks 12th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 2 teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Coastal Carolina University 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for teacher education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
