Schools of Education
The Top Schools
A - Rank/School
B - Overall score
C - Peer assessment score (5.0 highest)
D - Superintendent assessment score (5.0 highest)
E - '03 mean GRE scores verbal/Quantitative (1)
F - Ph.D. and Ed.D. acceptance rate (percentage)
G - '03 student / faculty ratio (2)
H - Ph.D.'s and Ed.D.'s granted 2002-03
I - '03 Ph.D. and Ed.D. students
J - '03 Funded research (millions)
K - '03 funded research / faculty member (millions)
A
B C D E F G H I J K L
1. Harvard University (MA)
100 4.3 4.8 626/666 14.3 22.1 59 38.8 $17.1 $551.4
Stanford University (CA)
100 4.6 4.7 615/707 9.0 8.1 36 55.9 $14.8 $449.8
3. University of California-Los Angeles
94 4.0 4.3 557/619 24.3 13.6 57 45.5 $34.8 $1,053.8
4. Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
90 4.3 4.6 557/630 27.2 9.4 163 37.3 $27.2 $446.6
Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN)
90 4.1 4.6 602/657 14.8 6.2 42 49.4 $19.7 $504.4
6. University of California-Berkeley
85 4.3 4.5 584/649 18.1 13.6 36 57.5 $12.1 $575.9
University of Wisconsin-Madison
85 4.4 4.2 533/663 33.6 4.0 85 52.0 $20.4 $619.4
8. University of Oregon
82 3.3 3.9 561/582 21.4 8.9 35 28.9 $23.4 $1,465.4
9. University of Pennsylvania
81 3.6 4.0 590/647 16.7 9.8 54 45.6 $19.0 $731.4
10. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
80 4.2 4.4 572/671 38.7 7.4 31 60.4 $15.9 $361.5
11. Northwestern University (IL)
78 3.6 4.4 591/673 17.8 5.3 9 50.3 $10.5 $458.5
University of Iowa
78 3.5 4.1 550/653 46.9 6.8 49 49.9 $15.7 $603.0
13. Michigan State University
72 4.2 4.2 547/630 45.8 4.7 59 34.3 $15.3 $372.9
New York University
72 3.6 4.1 570/619 16.6 11.1 116 17.3 $29.6 $375.0
15. University of Texas-Austin
71 3.8 4.1 557/606 43.7 7.2 110 64.2 $17.8 $635.7
16. Boston College (Lynch)
70 3.5 4.3 578/627 25.4 7.4 47 26.1 $11.3 $256.5
17. Ohio State University-Columbus
69 3.9 4.3 490/584 37.2 5.5 85 31.0 $20.7 $291.3
18. Indiana University-Bloomington
68 3.8 4.1 528/605 35.5 4.4 88 57.3 $18.5 $402.8
19. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
67 3.9 3.9 530/613 47.6 10.5 99 40.2 $23.2 $275.8
20. University of Maryland-College Park
66 4.0 4.0 541/625 34.6 5.9 53 53.9 $13.5 $245.3
University of Virginia (Curry)
66 4.0 4.3 546/573 60.4 8.2 114 47.9 $9.6 $229.6
22. Arizona State University-Main Campus
65 3.6 3.9 590/621 21.7 5.4 62 44.6 $10.2 $409.3
University of Southern California (Rossier)
65 3.5 4.1 492/567 46.6 20.8 107 65.6 $10.8 $1,201.7
24. George Washington University (DC)
64 3.4 4.1 477/523 61.7 10.6 55 36.4 $19.8 $705.7
University of Florida
64 3.5 4.0 562/652 35.9 11.4 50 38.6 $17.0 $424.7
University of Georgia
64 3.8 4.1 525/563 26.5 3.9 139 38.0 $17.9 $169.0
27. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
63 4.0 4.0 523/608 36.6 5.1 63 53.1 $9.4 $138.9
28. Penn State University-University Park
62 3.8 4.3 505/600 43.0 5.0 88 67.3 $7.1 $126.5
Temple University (PA)
62 3.1 4.1 554/548 36.4 3.8 83 37.8 $17.6 $567.8
30. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
61 3.7 4.3 521/581 45.5 7.4 28 39.0 $9.7 $360.8
31. University of Connecticut (Neag)
59 3.3 3.8 571/599 22.2 7.9 46 37.4 $11.0 $456.8
University of Washington
59 3.8 3.8 560/582 37.1 10.3 39 31.3 $11.0 $314.3
33. Cornell University (NY)
58 3.4 4.5 510/585 24.1 6.6 7 43.8 $1.1 $217.6
34. University of Pittsburgh
57 3.4 4.2 517/537 51.1 6.4 67 35.1 $15.0 $294.7
35. Rutgers State University-New Brunswick (NJ)
56 3.3 4.3 529/621 29.1 6.1 29 30.5 $8.3 $376.1
36. SUNY-Albany
55 3.3 4.2 563/622 24.4 8.0 38 23.9 $5.1 $155.1
University of Kansas
55 3.5 4.0 472/502 24.1 15.8 49 31.3 $18.9 $378.6
38. Lehigh University (PA)
54 2.8 4.0 531/617 17.4 6.4 18 25.5 $8.8 $516.4
Utah State University
54 2.7 4.0 532/642 35.4 7.0 18 26.5 $24.7 $503.3
40. University of North Carolina-Greensboro
53 3.1 3.8 521/502 40.2 4.7 31 24.6 $16.3 $542.4
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
53 3.1 3.9 534/594 67.7 3.5 50 32.1 $20.0 $476.2
42. Texas A&M University-College Station
52 3.4 4.1 471/550 54.4 4.5 78 60.8 $11.8 $217.8
University of Missouri-Columbia
52 3.4 3.9 503/539 51.0 7.2 70 30.5 $13.1 $267.3
44. Syracuse University (NY)
50 3.4 4.1 544/578 33.6 12.1 17 33.3 $4.6 $207.8
University of Colorado-Boulder
50 3.4 3.8 563/625 37.7 8.8 9 17.0 $4.3 $354.7
University of Illinois-Chicago
50 3.4 4.1 493/545 67.0 3.5 19 25.8 $9.7 $485.5
47. College of William and Mary (VA)
49 3.1 4.2 555/524 52.2 5.5 25 30.4 $6.6 $385.7
Purdue University-West Lafayette (IN)
49 3.3 4.1 530/641 60.6 2.2 35 55.2 $2.9 $76.9
University of Miami (FL)
49 3.0 3.6 527/583 17.3 5.9 12 13.6 $7.5 $752.2
Virginia Commonwealth University
49 2.7 4.1 486/521 56.3 6.7 14 11.9 $9.1 $608.3
(1) GRE scores are for doctoral students only.
(2) Student/faculty ratio is for all full-time students and faculty.
Sources: U.S. News and the schools. Assessment data collected by Synovate.