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Teacher Education

129 schools compared · Average earnings $25,977/yr

Schools Offering

129

Avg Grad Earnings

$25,977/yr

Avg TradeSchoolWorth Score

50/100

AI-Proof Rating

Resilient

59% of tasks AI-shielded

Best Schools for Teacher Education

Top 129 schools ranked by TradeSchoolWorth Score. Click any row for full earnings projections and AI-proof analysis.

#	School	Score	Earnings	AI-Proof	ROI
1	San Juan College Farmington, NM	85 82–86	$44,618/yr	Moderate	248.3x
2	Austin Community College District Austin, TX	81 78–82	$46,430/yr	Moderate	95.1x
3	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	78 74–80	$50,340/yr	Moderate	66.3x
4	Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC	78 75–80	$33,260/yr	Moderate	166.5x
5	South Piedmont Community College Polkton, NC	77 73–78	$31,111/yr	Moderate	152.9x
6	Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem, NC	76 73–77	$30,867/yr	Moderate	135.8x
7	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	75 72–76	$46,599/yr	Moderate	48.1x
8	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	74 71–74	$48,807/yr	Moderate	39.5x
9	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	73 70–74	$28,498/yr	Moderate	124.9x
10	Lenoir Community College Kinston, NC	72 69–73	$27,534/yr	Moderate	106.2x
11	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	71 68–71	$45,247/yr	Moderate	38.6x
12	Urban College of Boston Boston, MA	71 69–70	$39,213/yr	Moderate	45.4x
13	Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC	71 68–72	$25,176/yr	Moderate	126.3x
14	Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC	70 67–70	$31,215/yr	Moderate	68.8x
15	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM	70 68–72	$29,708/yr	Moderate	83.5x
16	Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC	70 67–71	$24,497/yr	Moderate	117.7x
17	Navarro College Corsicana, TX	69 66–71	$32,872/yr	Moderate	63.2x
18	Stanly Community College Albemarle, NC	69 67–68	$32,147/yr	Moderate	55.5x
19	Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX	69 63–73	$24,507/yr	Moderate	157.5x
20	Front Range Community College Westminster, CO	67 65–67	$29,749/yr	Moderate	59.4x
21	Community College of Vermont Montpelier, VT	65 63–64	$31,610/yr	Moderate	41.7x
22	Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX	65 61–69	$29,062/yr	Moderate	64.8x
23	Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL	65 61–68	$28,641/yr	Moderate	64.5x
24	Haywood Community College Clyde, NC	65 62–67	$28,013/yr	Moderate	61.2x
25	Pima Community College Tucson, AZ	65 63–66	$27,679/yr	Moderate	60.6x
26	Tallahassee Community College Tallahassee, FL	65 62–66	$25,628/yr	Moderate	62.2x
27	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX	65 56–70	$19,581/yr	Moderate	137.1x
28	Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA	64 61–65	$33,869/yr	Moderate	31.8x
29	Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH	64 62–65	$30,880/yr	Moderate	43.7x
30	James Sprunt Community College Kenansville, NC	63 61–63	$26,775/yr	Moderate	51.9x
31	Alamance Community College Graham, NC	63 60–64	$26,105/yr	Moderate	55.7x
32	Dallas College Dallas, TX	63 60–64	$25,385/yr	Moderate	52.6x
33	Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC	63 60–64	$24,148/yr	Moderate	57.5x
34	Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing, MA	62 60–62	$34,086/yr	Moderate	24.6x
35	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	62 61–61	$26,304/yr	Moderate	46.4x
36	Pueblo Community College Pueblo, CO	62 59–63	$24,960/yr	Moderate	50.1x
37	Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC	62 59–63	$22,584/yr	Moderate	56.1x
38	Amarillo College Amarillo, TX	62 54–68	$17,997/yr	Moderate	104.5x
39	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	61 57–64	$23,865/yr	Moderate	60.7x
40	University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus Los Lunas, NM	61 58–64	$20,646/yr	Moderate	74.0x
41	University of New Mexico-Taos Campus Ranchos de Taos, NM	61 57–64	$20,646/yr	Moderate	69.3x
42	Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, MA	60 58–61	$31,901/yr	Moderate	26.3x
43	Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WI	60 58–61	$30,302/yr	Moderate	32.0x
44	Connecticut State Community College Hartford, CT	60 57–61	$29,811/yr	Moderate	32.2x
45	Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	60 57–62	$28,805/yr	Moderate	38.4x
46	Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	60 56–62	$24,950/yr	Moderate	49.5x
47	Arkansas Northeastern College Blytheville, AR	60 57–61	$23,575/yr	Moderate	44.9x
48	Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem, NC	60 57–61	$22,276/yr	Moderate	48.4x
49	Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX	60 52–68	$20,236/yr	Moderate	87.4x
50	Urban College of Boston Boston, MA	59 57–60	$32,521/yr	Moderate	20.3x
51	Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati, OH	59 57–59	$30,102/yr	Moderate	24.0x
52	Clark College Vancouver, WA	59 56–60	$28,118/yr	Moderate	34.2x
53	Northwest Vista College San Antonio, TX	59 53–66	$22,352/yr	Moderate	69.0x
54	San Antonio College San Antonio, TX	59 52–67	$21,184/yr	Moderate	71.8x
55	University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus Los Alamos, NM	59 56–62	$20,646/yr	Moderate	62.6x
56	University of Cincinnati-Clermont College Batavia, OH	58 55–60	$29,867/yr	Moderate	28.1x
57	University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OH	58 55–59	$29,867/yr	Moderate	26.3x
58	Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA	58 55–59	$28,769/yr	Moderate	25.1x
59	Pueblo Community College Pueblo, CO	58 57–59	$28,664/yr	Moderate	28.0x
60	Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA	58 55–60	$28,635/yr	Moderate	32.6x
61	Southern Maine Community College South Portland, ME	58 56–60	$25,603/yr	Moderate	40.8x
62	Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield, ME	58 56–59	$25,484/yr	Moderate	34.8x
63	Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE	58 54–61	$24,710/yr	Moderate	46.4x
64	Edgecombe Community College Tarboro, NC	58 56–59	$22,259/yr	Moderate	46.2x
65	University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Gallup, NM	58 54–60	$20,646/yr	Moderate	53.7x
66	Community College of Denver Denver, CO	58 53–63	$18,399/yr	Moderate	64.2x
67	Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg, PA	57 55–58	$30,289/yr	Moderate	20.1x
68	Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MN	57 55–57	$28,038/yr	Moderate	24.6x
69	Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA	57 54–59	$27,981/yr	Moderate	28.9x
70	Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI	57 55–58	$27,548/yr	Moderate	29.7x
71	Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay, WI	57 55–57	$27,209/yr	Moderate	27.7x
72	Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee, WI	57 55–58	$26,890/yr	Moderate	32.5x
73	Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, WA	57 55–58	$25,777/yr	Moderate	30.8x
74	Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover, DE	57 52–61	$25,289/yr	Moderate	41.2x
75	Camden County College Blackwood, NJ	57 51–63	$21,956/yr	Moderate	52.8x
76	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	57 52–62	$16,949/yr	Moderate	64.6x
77	Rasmussen University-North Dakota Fargo, ND	56 53–56	$28,038/yr	Moderate	20.9x
78	Rasmussen University-Wisconsin Green Bay, WI	56 54–57	$28,038/yr	Moderate	22.3x
79	Northampton County Area Community College Bethlehem, PA	56 54–57	$26,956/yr	Moderate	24.4x
80	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	56 54–57	$26,298/yr	Moderate	27.3x
81	El Paso Community College El Paso, TX	56 50–61	$19,141/yr	Moderate	53.9x
82	Rasmussen University-Florida Ocala, FL	55 52–55	$28,038/yr	Moderate	17.5x
83	Rasmussen University-Illinois Rockford, IL	55 53–56	$28,038/yr	Moderate	19.6x
84	Rasmussen University-Kansas Topeka, KS	55 52–55	$28,038/yr	Moderate	17.2x
85	Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI	55 52–56	$22,981/yr	Moderate	28.8x
86	Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville, GA	55 52–57	$20,979/yr	Moderate	41.1x
87	College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV	55 49–63	$19,662/yr	Moderate	54.4x
88	Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia, MS	55 49–61	$18,490/yr	Moderate	51.8x
89	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	54 51–56	$29,867/yr	Moderate	13.1x
90	Rasmussen University-Minnesota St. Cloud, MN	54 50–55	$28,337/yr	Moderate	14.6x
91	Alexandria Technical & Community College Alexandria, MN	54 52–53	$26,671/yr	Moderate	14.7x
92	Delaware County Community College Media, PA	54 51–56	$25,854/yr	Moderate	24.3x
93	Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI	54 51–56	$23,796/yr	Moderate	31.2x
94	Essex County College Newark, NJ	54 50–56	$23,768/yr	Moderate	30.7x
95	Georgia Northwestern Technical College Rome, GA	54 53–54	$21,740/yr	Moderate	29.6x
96	Arkansas State University-Beebe Beebe, AR	54 49–58	$18,025/yr	Moderate	45.5x
97	Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI	54 48–60	$17,481/yr	Moderate	50.5x
98	Rasmussen University-North Dakota Fargo, ND	53 50–54	$28,337/yr	Moderate	12.3x
99	Rasmussen University-Illinois Rockford, IL	53 50–54	$28,337/yr	Moderate	11.5x
100	Rasmussen University-Wisconsin Green Bay, WI	53 50–55	$28,337/yr	Moderate	13.2x
101	Holmes Community College Goodman, MS	53 49–55	$18,553/yr	Moderate	37.5x
102	Rasmussen University-Florida Ocala, FL	52 49–54	$28,337/yr	Moderate	10.2x
103	Rasmussen University-Kansas Topeka, KS	52 49–54	$28,337/yr	Moderate	10.1x
104	Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH	52 49–54	$22,645/yr	Moderate	26.6x
105	Bristol Community College Fall River, MA	52 48–55	$21,738/yr	Moderate	30.0x
106	Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA	52 47–56	$19,993/yr	Moderate	35.6x
107	Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA	51 47–55	$20,885/yr	Moderate	29.4x
108	Community Care College Tulsa, OK	51 47–52	$14,847/yr	Moderate	—
109	Ashford University San Diego, CA	50 47–51	$25,553/yr	Moderate	9.9x
110	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN	50 47–51	$23,523/yr	Moderate	13.3x
111	South Texas College McAllen, TX	50 45–55	$16,902/yr	Moderate	33.2x
112	Guam Community College Mangilao, GU	50 47–52	$15,579/yr	Moderate	29.0x
113	Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX	50 43–59	$10,576/yr	Moderate	44.1x
114	Georgia Military College Milledgeville, GA	49 46–50	$21,591/yr	Moderate	15.6x
115	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	48 45–50	$20,646/yr	Moderate	16.3x
116	Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park, NY	48 45–49	$19,888/yr	Moderate	11.5x
117	Kent State University at Tuscarawas New Philadelphia, OH	48 44–51	$18,576/yr	Moderate	18.9x
118	Kent State University at Salem Salem, OH	48 44–51	$18,576/yr	Moderate	18.9x
119	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Marion, IN	47 44–49	$23,523/yr	Moderate	2.8x
120	Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo, NY	47 44–49	$23,210/yr	Moderate	5.1x
121	Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	47 44–49	$23,210/yr	Moderate	5.3x
122	Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa Wauwatosa, WI	47 44–48	$23,210/yr	Moderate	4.8x
123	Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park, NY	47 44–49	$23,210/yr	Moderate	6.3x
124	Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo, NY	47 44–48	$19,888/yr	Moderate	9.4x
125	Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	47 44–48	$19,888/yr	Moderate	9.8x
126	Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa Wauwatosa, WI	47 44–48	$19,888/yr	Moderate	9.0x
127	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	46 43–48	$21,998/yr	Moderate	3.7x
128	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	46 42–48	$18,576/yr	Moderate	10.3x
129	Columbia Central University-Caguas Caguas, PR	46 45–46	$13,977/yr	Moderate	10.8x

Highest Earning Teacher Education Programs

Schools where Teacher Education graduates earn the most in their first year after graduation.

School	1-Year Earnings	Score	AI-Proof
Central Washington University	$50,340/yr	78	Moderate
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	$48,807/yr	74	Moderate
Minnesota State University-Mankato	$46,599/yr	75	Moderate
Austin Community College District	$46,430/yr	81	Moderate
Northern Arizona University	$45,247/yr	71	Moderate
San Juan College	$44,618/yr	85	Moderate
Urban College of Boston	$39,213/yr	71	Moderate
Roxbury Community College	$34,086/yr	62	Moderate
Lake Washington Institute of Technology	$33,869/yr	64	Moderate
Durham Technical Community College	$33,260/yr	78	Moderate

Best ROI for Teacher Education

Schools with the highest earnings-to-tuition ratio for Teacher Education.

School	ROI Multiple	Earnings	Score
San Juan College	248.3x	$44,618/yr	85
Durham Technical Community College	166.5x	$33,260/yr	78
Tarrant County College District	157.5x	$24,507/yr	69
South Piedmont Community College	152.9x	$31,111/yr	77
San Jacinto Community College	137.1x	$19,581/yr	65
Forsyth Technical Community College	135.8x	$30,867/yr	76
Davidson-Davie Community College	126.3x	$25,176/yr	71
Wake Technical Community College	124.9x	$28,498/yr	73
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College	117.7x	$24,497/yr	70
Lenoir Community College	106.2x	$27,534/yr	72

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Teacher Education graduates earn?

Across 129 schools, Teacher Education graduates earn an average of $25,977 per year in their first year after completing the program. Earnings range from $10,576 to $50,340 depending on the school.

How AI-proof is a career in Teacher Education?

Teacher Education is rated "Resilient" for AI resilience, with 59% of job tasks being hands-on work shielded from AI automation. This means some career tasks in this field remain hands-on work that AI cannot replicate.

Which school has the best Teacher Education program?

Based on the TradeSchoolWorth Score (combining earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and ROI), San Juan College ranks #1 for Teacher Education with a score of 85/100 and graduate earnings of $44,618/yr.

Is Teacher Education worth it?

On average, Teacher Education graduates earn 45.5x their in-state tuition over 10 years. This is a strong return on investment.

About This Data

This page aggregates Teacher Education trade programs across 129 schools using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034), and AI resilience research from OpenAI and academic institutions.

The TradeSchoolWorth Score (0–100) combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and return on investment. Each school's program page includes three scenarios (strong growth, base case, conservative) showing 10-year earnings projections.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2026.