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2023 Most Popular Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 37 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network the most popular school in the New England Region for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 63% of the education majors at the school.

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#2

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of New England helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the New England Region . UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford.

About 63% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 37% are male.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 61% of the education majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great place for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 27% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in education at UCONN, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 39% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 61% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in education at UMass Lowell, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Plymouth State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 59% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at Plymouth State University

University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 20 students majoring in education at UMass Boston, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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#10

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

With a ranking of #10, Boston College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

About 56% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
Connecticut 2,995
Vermont 638

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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