Curriculum and instruction

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Education Schools

Students in a curriculum and instruction program learn how to enhance K-12 teaching strategies and build creativity in the classroom. These are the top schools for programs in curriculum and instruction.

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Rankings Overall Education School Program Data
Rank School name Tuition Total enrollment Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students Doctoral programs acceptance rate Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands) Peer assessment score (out of 5) Student-faculty ratio Superintendent assessment score (out of 5) Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)
#1 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,010
#2 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

$630 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,206 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2,051
#3 Teachers College, Columbia University

New York, NY

$1,286 per credit (full-time) 5,034
#4 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$41,250 per year (full-time) 380
#5 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

$11,432 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,698 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 936
#6 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$11,336 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,648 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161
#6 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$19,616 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,666 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 473
#8 Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

Nashville, TN

$1,712 per credit (full-time) 808
#9 University of Georgia

Athens, GA

$7,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,400 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,857
#10 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

$397 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,155 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 919
#11 University of Virginia (Curry)

Charlottesville, VA

$13,278 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 949