Where are tomorrow’s teachers? Education degrees drop over 2 decades. — from k12dive.com by Anna Merod
Declines came in both bachelor’s and master’s degrees awarded between 2003-04 and 2022-23, an AACTE analysis of federal data shows.
The number of education degrees awarded in the U.S. steadily decreased in the nearly two decades between 2003-04 and 2022-23, according to a new analysis of federal data by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
Bachelor’s degrees in education dipped from 109,622 annually to 90,710 while master’s degrees declined from 162,632 to 143,669 in that time span, AACTE said in its report on data from the U.S. Department of Education.