School of Education
Quick Facts
The School of Education’s mission is to prepare candidates for 21st century careers in education by facilitating their personal and intellectual transformation, thereby cultivating a deep sense of agency to affect change within themselves and others toward the goal of a just and equitable society.
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report ranks the online MS in Instructional Design and Technology and MS in Special Education programs among the top online graduate education programs in the country.
2021 rankings include:
- #1 in Connecticut for online graduate education programs
- #27 nation-wide for online graduate education programs
Total Enrollment Fall 2022
As of Fall 2022, the School of Education enrolled 268 students across all programs and courses, including the dual-degree MAT program.
Our deep network of collaborative partnerships includes the following school districts:
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Beacon Falls
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Branford
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Bridgeport
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Cheshire
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Fair Haven
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Hamden
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Madison
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Meriden
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Milford
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Naugatuck
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New Haven
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Newtown
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North Branford
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Norwalk
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Orange
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Southington
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Trumbull
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Wallingford
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Westport
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Wethersfield
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Windsor
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Woodbridge
In addition to the numerous long-standing partnerships we have with area school districts, we have special professional development relationships with Side by Side Charter School in Norwalk and the Metropolitan Business Academy and Fair Haven School in New Haven.
These partnerships enhance new teacher preparation, strengthen faculty development opportunities, facilitate inquiry directed at the improvement of practice and enhance student achievement. The partnerships offer candidates the opportunity to experience the complexity and challenges of urban school settings.
Quinnipiac Future Teachers Organization
The Quinnipiac Future Teachers Organization (QFTO) is a student-run club that organizes events in public schools throughout Connecticut, including after-school tutoring, school beautification and programs that blend academics, nutrition and fitness.
QFTO provides an opportunity for dual-degree MAT students to immerse themselves in school-based activities as early as their first year.
Study Abroad
Dual-degree MAT students may travel or study abroad in their sophomore or junior years. Students who go overseas in their junior year take coursework online and have the opportunity to complete fieldwork in a foreign country. Faculty-led credit courses that include study abroad also are available.
Percentage of students who passed the state licensure exams by August 31 of their graduating year (based on 2018 graduating class).
Annual Measures
Evidence of our outcomes are found in 8 measures on our Annual Measures page:
Learn more about our annual measures
