University of California--Berkeley

Education School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #12 Best Education Schools

Specialties Locked in Curriculum and instruction #6 in Education policy #10 in Educational psychology Locked in Secondary teacher education

Education School Overview

At UC-Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education, students complete degrees in one of three areas: Cognition and Development; Language and Literacy, Society and Culture; and Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation. The programs ready students to be teachers, administrators, and psychologists.

Students can earn a master’s degree in as little as a year; a master’s with a certification in two years; and doctoral degrees in 3½  to six years. There are no part-time degree options, but there is a schoolwide Leadership for Educational Equity program with courses for working professionals in the evenings and on weekends. Ph.D. candidates can enroll in the joint Doctoral Program in Special Education, offered in conjunction with San Francisco State University.

Students can get hands-on experience in more than 10 research centers, such as the Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center, known as BEAR for short, and the Center for the Study of Critical Transitions. Additional research opportunities and teaching placements are offered throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The school is housed in Tolman Hall on the Berkeley campus, and graduate students can live close by in university housing.

Admissions

Application deadline	December 2
Application fee	$70
Director of admissions	Rochele Fraga

Academics

Full-time faculty	33
Student-faculty ratio	7.7:1 - High

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	348
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $0 per year (in-state) Full-time: $14,694 per year (out-of-state)
Required fees	$12,950 per year

Teacher Preparation

Students who took an assessment to become a certified or licensed teacher during 2009-2010

48

* Education School Overview details based on 2010 data