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National Rankings

The MU College of Education is consistently ranked among the top colleges of education in the nation.  In 2010, MU's College of Education was ranked 45th among 278 universities offering doctoral degrees according to U.S. News and World Report. 

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATOR PREPARATION

The MU College of Education's Teacher Preparation Program is noted among the nation's Top 50 Education Schools in the nation. (U.S. News and World Report, 2009)
  • Real World Experience from the Beginning:   Education students benefit from early field experiences.  Our pre-service teachers contribute over 29,000 hours of field experiences by assisting in teaching and learning for 687 classrooms in Mid-Missouri.  Within their education program, sophomores contribute over 3,200 unpaid service hours annually in local community organizations for children, youth and families.
  • Statewide Partnerships Promote Diversity:   To incorporate real-world classroom experience, learning is delivered in partnership with approximately 80 schools in 22 school districts across the state of Missouri, ensuring that students experience authentic classrooms in a variety of socio-economic environments and within rural, urban and suburban settings.
  • Senior Year On-Site Classroom Training:   Students spend the entire last semester of their education program placed in a partner school district.   Two certification areas, elementary education and special education, require a full year of on-site training during the senior year.  In 2010, MU education students held initial teacher certification internships at 96 schools in 25 districts across the state of Missouri.

  • Graduates in Demand:    Education graduates boast a 91% job placement rate in their first year and benefit from a dedicated education career office that hosts the largest teacher job fair in the area with more than 130 employers from 6 states, and provides interview, resume and etiquette workshops.

GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The MU College of Education has the 18th largest graduate education program in the country, measured by total full-time graduate enrollment. (U.S. News & World Report, 2010)
MU's Counseling & Personnel Services program in the Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology ranks 9th in the nation.  (U.S. News & World Report, 2010)
MU's Education Administration and Supervision program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis ranks 14th in the nation.  (U.S. News & World Report, 2010)
MU's Library and Information Studies program in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies was ranked 29th in the nation.  (U.S. News & World Report, 2009)
MU's Mathematics Education program was ranked 4th in the nation as identified by peer institutions of higher education that prepare doctoral students.  (Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Nov. 2009)
  • MU Teaching Fellowship Program:   The MU Teaching Fellowship Program is an intensive induction program for select first-year K-12 teachers who work with a full-time mentor teacher and complete a master's degree in their first year of teaching.  Entering its 15th year, this nationally recognized program has supported 735 first-year teachers in 22 urban, suburban, small town, and rural school districts located geographically from Kansas City to St. Louis. 
  • Diverse Degree Options:   Now is an exciting time to pursue graduate studies in education at MU. Professional and continuing education degrees - including master's in education, educational specialists and doctorates in education and philosophy - are available in a variety of specialization areas including educational leadership and policy analysis, library sciences and information technology, curriculum and instruction, counseling psychology and special education.

  • Online Made Easy:   The College of Education brings quality education to learners everywhere through innovative continuing and distance education programs.   Professionals and continuing education degrees - including master's in education, educational specialists and doctorates in education and psychology - are just a click away. 

PRIDE POINTS

  • MU graduates who are first year teachers rated 14% stronger in performance than their peers, according to an evaluation completed by Missouri principals (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's First-Year Teacher Survey, Combined Data 2007-2010, Ratings at Very Good).
  • The Missouri Partnership for Educational Renewal (MPER) is the largest school partnership in the nation and partners with 22 school districts across Missouri to achieve school renewal and excellence in teacher preparation.
  • Graduates of MU's Teaching Fellowship Program stay in the field.  After eight years, their retention is 97 percent, compared with a national average of 50 percent after five years.
  • The College of Education was selected because of its Educational Leadership Statewide Cooperative EdD, program to participate in the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate.  MU is one of 22 institutions from across the U.S. selected to participate.
  • The St. Louis Leaders Project prepares aspiring principals to build a restructured and renewed St. Louis school district.  Of the 41 participants to date, 21 have been hired as school administrators. 
  • The College of Education is home to MU's only sponsored charter school in Kansas City.  The school provides education to 1,000 grades K-12 on two campuses.  
  • In the area of research, the College showed a 525% increase in expenditures between FY2001 and FY2005, from $646,000 to $3.39 million.   In addition, FY '09 grant proposals are up 59.8% from the previous year.