College of Education at a Glance
Departments/Institute:
- Education, Culture & Society
- Educational Leadership & Policy
- Educational Psychology
- Special Education
- Urban Institute for Teacher Education (teacher training and licensure program)
Research Centers/Clinics:
- Center for the Advancement of Technology in Education
- Center for Reading & Literacy
- Utah Education Policy Center
- Educational Assessment & Student Support Clinic
- University of Utah Reading Clinic
Rankings:
U.S. News & World Report
Over the past few years, the College of Education has jumped dramatically in the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. In 2012 the College jumped 25 spots to number 66 in the nation. For 2013 we moved up one more position to number 65.
Academic Analytics
The Academic Analytics database includes information on over 270,000 faculty members associated with more than 9,000 doctoral programs and 10,000 departments at more than 385 universities in the United States and abroad. The rankings are based on a variety of data that include faculty publications (peer-reviewed journals and books), citations by others outside the respective university, federal research funding and awards and honors.
For 2013 the University of Utah was 31st overall in faculty scholarly productivity among the nation’s public comprehensive universities and 28th in the number of federally funded grants received per faculty member. In addition to the U’s overall national ranking, 22 of its graduate disciplines were ranked among the top 25 percent in the nation, including the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, which ranked 15th in the nation.
By the Numbers:
General Data:
- Number of Degree Programs: 26
- Number of Faculty: 115 (54 full-time; 39 part-time)
- Number of Full-time Staff: 22
- Number of faculty published articles and book chapters: 37 http://education.utah.edu/_resources/documents/faculty-publications.pdf
- External Research Grant Funding: $6,131,639 (Grant titles and sources below)
Grant listing:
Sponsor Name |
Project Title |
| Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute | Non-Inferiority Trial of MBSR and CPT for PTSD. |
| Art Works for Kids | Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Professional Development Program to support the preparation and training of Arts Specialists. |
| Utah State Board of Regents | Westside Pathways Project: K-16 College Awareness and Readiness Partnerships and Research |
| DHHS National Institutes of Health | Development and Feasibility of Computer Based Fidelity Monitoring for Motivational Interviewing |
| National Science Foundation | Research: Preparing for STEM Careers: Examining the Impact of a Science and Robotics Competition |
| National Academy of Education | Charter Schools, Teacher Working Conditions, and Teacher Commitment |
| National Science Foundation | Long-term Semantic Priming: Evaluating a Working Memory Account |
| Utah State Office of Education | Numeracy Project 2013, Teaching and Learning Middle School Mathematics 2 |
| Utah State Office of Education | Preparing New Teachers in Sensory Impairments (Hearing Impaired/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HI/DHH), Visually Impaired/Blind (VI/B), Early Childhood/Hearing Impairments (ECHI), Early Childhood/Visual Impairments (ECVI) and DeafBlind (DB)). |
| Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services | Preparing New Teachers in Sensory Impairments for the 21st Century through a Multi-University Approach |
Financial Aid to Students:
- Students receiving scholarship support: 91
- Total amount of scholarship support: $256,300
- TH Bell Incentive Loan Program: 51 participants
Note: The Teaching Incentive Loan (TIL) is funded by the Utah State Legislature. TIL recipients are required to pursue an educator preparation program, obtain educator licensing, and then teach in Utah public schools for a period equal to the time they received assistance. The TIL consists of a waiver (of tuition and fees at the Utah public institutions or a lesser amount per semester at private institutions) to be used for a period not exceeding 8 semesters. The program is jointly administered by the State Board of Education and the State Board of Regents. - Total TH Bell Funds Awarded: $280,500
Student Data:
| Full-Time | Part-Time | Total | |
| Undergraduate Students | |||
| Pre-Majors | |||
| Education | 401 | 139 | 540 |
| Special Education | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Full Majors | |||
| Elementary Education | 55 | 1 | 56 |
| Special Education | 37 | 11 | 48 |
| Total Undergraduate Majors | 499 | 155 | 654 |
| Graduate Students | |||
| Masters | |||
| Education, Culture & Society | 34 | 16 | 50 |
| Educational Leadership & Policy | 43 | 25 | 68 |
| Educational Psychology | 61 | 63 | 124 |
| Special Education | 34 | 16 | 50 |
| Total Masters | 172 | 120 | 292 |
| Doctorates | |||
| Education, Culture & Society | 29 | 25 | 54 |
| Educational Leadership & Policy | 15 | 33 | 48 |
| Educational Psychology | 49 | 35 | 84 |
| Special Education | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Teaching and Learning | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total Doctoral | 98 | 98 | 196 |
Graduating Class Profile
Total Graduates .....................................................................286
Bachelor Degrees .......................................................................75
Masters Degrees ....................................................153
Doctoral Degrees......................................................58
Completing Teacher Licenses ............................................118
Elementary Teaching Licenses ...................................................46
Special Education Teaching License ..........................................28
Secondary Teaching License ......................................................35
Early Childhood Licenses..............................................................9
Percentage Female/Male
Female.....................................................................................80%
Bachelor ................................................................89%
Masters .................................................................81%
Doctoral.................................................................25%
Male ........................................................................................20%
Bachelor ................................................................11%
Masters .................................................................19%
Doctoral.................................................................34%
Bachelor’s Degree Statistics
Average Age ..............................................................................28
Youngest Class Member ............................................................21
Oldest Class Member .................................................................59
Grade Point Average................................................................3.60
Average Time to Complete Degree .................................4.5 years
Graduate Degree Statistics
Average Age ...............................................................................34
Youngest Class Member ............................................................23
Oldest Class Member .................................................................60
Average Time to Complete
Masters Degree ................................................3 years
Doctoral Degree................................................6 years
Counties, States and Countries Represented
Utah Counties .............................................................................15
States..........................................................................................25
Countries.......................................................................................4