Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

A program that prepares individuals to teach adult students in various settings, including basic and remedial education programs, continuing education programs, and programs designed to develop or upgrade specific employment-related knowledge and skills.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 62 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2778 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

12

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

6

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

109

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

656

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

137

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,857

awards given

Top Schools for Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
168
2 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
150
3 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK
123
4 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
114
5 Troy University
Troy, AL
114
6 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
105
7 Waldorf University
Forest City, IA
99
8 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
99
9 Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, NY
93
10 University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
75
11 Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY
72
12 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown, PA
72
13 University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL
66
14 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
66
15 Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
63
16 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
63
17 Ball State University
Muncie, IN
60
18 American College of Education
Indianapolis, IN
60
19 Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA
57
20 University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME
57
21 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
51
22 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park, PA
48
23 Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Alva, OK
48
24 Morehead State University
Morehead, KY
42
25 James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
42
26 University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX
42
27 Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
42
28 SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo, NY
42
29 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
36
30 Westminster University
Salt Lake City, UT
36
31 Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
33
32 Drake University
Des Moines, IA
33
33 Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
33
34 Florida International University
Miami, FL
30
35 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
30
36 Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
30
37 Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
30
38 Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
30
39 Portland Community College
Portland, OR
28
40 Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
27
41 Park University
Parkville, MO
24
42 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
24
43 University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
21
44 Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
20
45 Muskingum University
New Concord, OH
18
46 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
18
47 Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
15
48 University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
15
49 Oklahoma Christian University
Edmond, OK
15
50 Widener University
Chester, PA
15
51 Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN
12
52 Texas A & M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX
12
53 City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA
12
54 Hamline University
Saint Paul, MN
12
55 Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA
6
56 Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL
6
57 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
6
58 Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Standish, ME
6
59 Antioch University-Seattle
Seattle, WA
3
60 George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
3
61 Brenau University
Gainesville, GA
3
62 Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista, AZ
3