2025 Best Elementary Education Doctor's Degree Schools

a doctor's degree in elementary education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #320 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for elementary education students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 doctor's degrees in elementary education during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Elementary Education School for Your Doctor's Degree

The elementary teaching doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on elementary education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of elementary education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized elementary education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for elementary education students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Elementary Education Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Elementary Education Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Elementary Education in the United States

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for elementary education students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Elementary Teaching

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Georgia if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in elementary education. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in elementary education from University of Georgia

2

Brenau University
Gainesville, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Brenau University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in elementary education. Located in the small city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in elementary education from Brenau University

3

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in elementary education needs to check out University of Northern Colorado. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in elementary education from University of Northern Colorado

Elementary Education by Region

View the Best Elementary Education Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Elementary Education Related Rankings by Major

Elementary Education is one of 13 different types of Teacher Education Grade Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Adult & Continuing Education	128
Teacher Development & Methodology	100
Teacher Education	26
Secondary Education	24
Early Childhood Education	20
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods	9
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	6
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	6
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	4

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.