Earnings of Teacher Graduates Placed 8 in U.S.

A newly-published national ranking of colleges that produced the highest-earning teachers three-years after graduation placed The University of Scranton at No. 8 in the country.

The ranking published April 28 by teachercertification.com, an online resource for teacher certification information, used data from the Department of Education to determine median earnings three years post-graduation of students with undergraduate degrees in teaching and education – from early childhood and elementary education through high school. Data is from the 2020-2021 school year, representing undergraduate students from the class of 2018.

The University ranked No. 8 in the online publication that listed the average salary for a teacher three years after graduation from Scranton at $51,105.

Accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the University offers bachelor’s degrees in early and primary, middle level and secondary education. Scranton also offers graduate degree programs in secondary education and special education in formats that include accelerated and a five-year bachelor/master degree in special education, among other graduate degree options including curriculum and instruction and educational administration.