Best Education Schools

Ranked in 2013 | Best Education Schools Rankings Methodology

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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)
#161 Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

$1,045 per year (full-time) 1,291
Rank Not Published Texas A&M University–​Kingsville

Kingsville, TX

$1,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $2,729 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 440
Rank Not Published Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

$1,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $6,480 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 314
#58 University of Massachusetts–​Amherst

Amherst, MA

$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 708
#103 University of North Carolina–​Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

$3,929 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,681
Rank Not Published University of Louisiana–​Monroe

Monroe, LA

$3,988 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,796 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 471
Rank Not Published East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

$4,009 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,840 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,204
#119 Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

$4,040 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,852 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,102
#65 University of Oklahoma (Rainbolt)

Norman, OK

$4,205 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,667 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 769
#24 Utah State University

Logan, UT

$4,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,010
#51 University of North Carolina–​Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

$4,366 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 925
#144 University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

$4,466 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,880 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,189
#177 Texas State University–​San Marcos

San Marcos, TX

$4,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $11,124 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,322
#155 University of Nevada–​Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

$4,968 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,878 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 915
#141 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

$4,981 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,943 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,144
#65 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

$5,008 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,684 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 585
#132 Boise State University

Boise, ID

$5,079 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,518 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,112
Rank Not Published Delta State University

Cleveland, MS

$5,174 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,270 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534
#132 New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM

$5,239 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 862
Rank Not Published Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, CT

$5,337 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,869 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,072
Rank Not Published Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, CT

$5,337 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,869 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,228
#74 Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $709 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 832
Rank Not Published Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

$5,364 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,582 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,473
Rank Not Published California Polytechnic State University–​San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

$5,472 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,632 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 193
Rank Not Published University of Texas–​Pan American

Edinburg, TX

$5,489 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,509 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 658

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