Teaching English As a Second or Foreign Language Esl Language Instructor

A program that focuses on the principles and practice of teaching English to students who are not proficient in English or who do not speak, read or write English, and that may prepare individuals to function as teachers and administrators in such programs.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 335 institutions across the United States, with a total of 15616 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

598

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

297

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

904

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,038

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

169

degrees awarded

Other Awards

10,599

awards given

Top Schools for Teaching English As a Second or Foreign Language Esl Language Instructor

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT	1,263
2	Alliant International University-San Diego San Diego, CA	589
3	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	543
4	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	420
5	New York University New York, NY	315
6	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	309
7	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	309
8	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	276
9	Midland University Fremont, NE	270
10	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	216
11	Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR	204
12	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	198
13	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	194
14	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	192
15	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	189
16	Framingham State University Framingham, MA	183
17	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	162
18	Touro University New York, NY	150
19	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	137
20	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	129
21	SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	129
22	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	129
23	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	128
24	Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR	128
25	Rhode Island College Providence, RI	126
26	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	126
27	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	123
28	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	121
29	Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	117
30	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	117
31	Portland State University Portland, OR	115
32	CUNY City College New York, NY	111
33	University of Delaware Newark, DE	108
34	Greensboro College Greensboro, NC	108
35	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	108
36	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	102
37	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	99
38	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	99
39	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	96
40	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	96
41	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	96
42	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR	90
43	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	89
44	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	81
45	Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA	78
46	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	78
47	Dominican University River Forest, IL	78
48	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	75
49	Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NY	75
50	College of Lake County Grayslake, IL	73
51	Brigham Young University-Hawaii Laie, HI	72
52	Fordham University Bronx, NY	72
53	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	70
54	Cambridge College Boston, MA	69
55	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	69
56	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	67
57	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	66
58	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	66
59	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	66
60	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	66
61	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	66
62	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	66
63	Asbury University Wilmore, KY	63
64	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	62
65	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	61
66	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	60
67	Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA	60
68	Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	60
69	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	58
70	Concordia University-Nebraska Seward, NE	57
71	Biola University La Mirada, CA	57
72	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	57
73	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	57
74	Salem State University Salem, MA	57
75	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	57
76	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	55
77	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY	54
78	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	54
79	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	54
80	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	51
81	Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO	51
82	Pace University New York, NY	51
83	Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY	48
84	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	48
85	Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN	48
86	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	48
87	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	48
88	William Rainey Harper College Palatine, IL	48
89	Boston University Boston, MA	45
90	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	44
91	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German San German, PR	42
92	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	42
93	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	42
94	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	42
95	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	42
96	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	42
97	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	42
98	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	41
99	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	40
100	Lesley University Cambridge, MA	39