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Best Master's in Latin Teacher Education Programs in 2026

Edited by Zoe MacDougall, BS in Psychology

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All 2 programs reviewed from the IPEDS database, ranked on degrees awarded and local teacher pay. CIP 13.1333.

2Programs analyzed
1Median degrees awarded / year
0Online or hybrid options
  • Most master's programs run 30 to 36 credits and take about two years, with many built to be completed part-time by working teachers.
  • 0 of 2 ranked programs offer an online or hybrid option.
  • Graduate programs are ranked on degrees awarded, cost-of-living-adjusted local pay, and institutional standing, not the undergraduate stats that do not describe a master's.
  1. 1

    CUNY Hunter College

    New York, NYPublic

    21score
    • 1Master's/yr
    • $96,900Metro teacher pay
    • Adolescent Latin (MA)
    • On-campus
    About the program

    Hunter College, part of the City University of New York, offers a Master of Arts in Adolescent Latin that leads to New York State certification to teach Latin in grades 7 through 12. The program is offered jointly by the School of Education and the Department of Classical and Oriental Studies, a pairing that keeps candidates rooted in the classical language even as they learn to teach it. Its enrollment reflects two distinct populations, students who majored in Latin and are seeking initial certification, and already-certified teachers in other subjects who want to add Latin, with course loads of 46 to 50 credits depending on prior certification. A substantial core of 18 credits in Latin, including speaking and writing the language, plus 6 credits in classical culture, signals real subject-matter depth rather than a light methods overlay. Afternoon and evening scheduling, with some courses hybrid or online, makes the degree workable for working adults, and a Post-Master's Advanced Certificate in Adolescent Latin serves those who already hold a master's. It is a master's degree in latin teacher education at the master's level, based in New York.

    Why it ranks here

    For a graduate program we set aside undergraduate figures and weigh three things instead: how established it is, the local market its graduates enter, and the institution's standing. On the first, it is clearly established, turning out 1 master's degrees a year, a steady if smaller cohort. Its graduates step into New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, where elementary teachers earn a median $96,900, roughly $86,085 once local cost of living is factored in, a real-world read on what the credential is worth in that market.

    Area teacher pay: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics May 2025, adjusted for local cost of living via U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities. A location figure, not this program's graduate earnings.

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  2. 2

    Manhattanville University

    Purchase, NYPrivate nonprofit

    21score
    • 1Master's/yr
    • $96,900Metro teacher pay
    • MAT in Adolescence Education, Foreign Language (Grades 7-12), Latin track
    • NYSED-approved-accredited
    • On-campus
    About the program

    Manhattanville University offers a Master of Arts in Teaching in Adolescence Education, Foreign Language for grades 7 through 12, with a Latin track alongside options in French, Italian, and Spanish. The two-year, fall-start-only sequence leads to New York State Initial Teacher Certification and builds its coursework around second-language-acquisition theory, grounding candidates in how learners actually take up a new language. Mostly online instruction paired with mandatory student teaching at partner schools gives the program a hybrid shape that keeps academic study flexible while insisting on real classroom practice. An optional dual special education certification lets candidates broaden the range of students and settings they are prepared to serve. The fixed annual start and cohort rhythm read as a structured, guided route into language teaching for those committed to entering New York classrooms. It is a master's degree in latin teacher education at the master's level, based in New York.

    Why it ranks here

    A master's degree earns its rank on program-appropriate signals, not undergraduate ones: established scale, local teacher pay, and institutional strength. On the first, it is clearly established, turning out 1 master's degrees a year, a steady if smaller cohort. Its graduates step into New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, where elementary teachers earn a median $96,900, roughly $86,085 once local cost of living is factored in, a real-world read on what the credential is worth in that market.

    Area teacher pay: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics May 2025, adjusted for local cost of living via U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities. A location figure, not this program's graduate earnings.

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How we rank

Each master's program is scored 0 to 100 against the other master's programs in its specialty on the measures the federal data actually supports at the graduate level: the number of master's degrees it awards each year (30%), counted as a sign that the program is established rather than rewarding sheer size: a program reaches full credit at about fifty degrees a year and awarding thousands more adds nothing, so a high-volume online degree factory earns no advantage here; the median wage for elementary teachers in the program's local area (30%), from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The wage is the metropolitan-area figure where the school sits in a metro (about 85% of programs) and the state figure otherwise, and it is adjusted for the local cost of living using the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities, so a high nominal salary in an expensive metro does not outrank a lower salary that goes further. It is a measure of local earning potential in the field, not the earnings of this program's graduates, which are not published. The third and largest measure is a program-strength score (40%), 0 to 100, led by the institution's Carnegie research classification, so a very-high-research university outranks a small teaching college on institutional standing. It adds a bonus where the program names a national programmatic accreditor like CAEP or AAQEP, but does not lean on it, because several states approve educator preparation through their own boards rather than CAEP, and a strong flagship should not be marked down for its state's accreditation choice. A clearly identified degree and licensure pathway adds a little more, and private for-profit programs, whose graduate outcomes are documented as weaker, take a deduction. Graduation rate, admission rate, and tuition are deliberately NOT scored: the first two are institution-wide undergraduate figures that describe the wrong population, and verified graduate tuition exists for too few programs to rank on fairly. Cost is shown on each card where we have it, but it does not affect the ranking. Every master's program is ranked and shown, with no per-state cap.

  • Established program size, degrees awarded per year, capped so volume alone does not win: 30%
  • Local-area teacher pay, cost-of-living adjusted (BLS + BEA): 30%
  • Program strength, institutional research standing plus accreditation, less a for-profit deduction: 40%

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How much a master's in Latin Teacher Education program costs in 2026

Graduate tuition is priced by the credit rather than the year, and most master's in Latin Teacher Education programs run 30 to 36 credits, so the total turns on a school's per-credit rate and whether you pay the in-state or out-of-state figure. Public universities are usually the least expensive for residents, while private and out-of-state rates run higher. Because IPEDS reports only an institution-wide undergraduate tuition that does not describe a graduate program, each card shows a researched per-program cost wherever a school publishes one, rather than a misleading campus-wide number.

Sticker price is rarely the final cost. Graduate students can borrow through federal Direct Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS loans, and teachers have targeted help: the TEACH Grant provides up to $4,000 a year for a commitment to teach a high-need subject in a low-income school, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness can clear the remaining balance after ten years of qualifying payments in a public school or district. Many districts also reimburse part of a master's for teachers who earn it on the job, since a graduate degree usually moves them up the salary schedule.

Sources: program data from IPEDS; the TEACH Grant and Public Service Loan Forgiveness from Federal Student Aid.

Ways to earn your master's in Latin Teacher Education

Most programs here are delivered on campus, often on evening or cohort schedules built around working professionals, with any required field hours arranged locally. A typical master's runs about two years part-time, or twelve to eighteen months full-time.

The right format depends on why you are enrolling. Licensed teachers pursuing a master's for advancement or an added specialization can usually study fully online while they keep teaching. Career-changers who need an initial teaching license should instead look for a Master of Arts in Teaching or another licensure-track program, which pairs coursework with a supervised student-teaching placement or a paid residency and so includes in-person clinical time.

Sources: program and delivery data from IPEDS.

Data sources for our Master's in Latin Teacher Education ranking

  • Program counts and degrees awarded: IPEDS, US Department of Education. Cost figures are researched from each program's own published tuition, since IPEDS reports only undergraduate tuition.
  • Program descriptions: each school's official catalog and program pages.

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