Best Bachelor's in Psychology Teacher Education Programs in 2026
All 2 programs reviewed from the IPEDS database, ranked on graduation rate, affordability, and more. CIP 13.1335.
- In-state tuition typically runs from $44,620 to $56,330 a year, with a median near $50,475.
- 0 of 2 ranked programs sit at public universities.
- We rank on graduation rate first, then selectivity and affordability, all from federal IPEDS data.
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Saint Norbert College
70score- 71%Grad rate
- $44,620/yrTuition (in or out of state)
- 86%Admit rate
- 1,970Undergrads
- 2Grads/yr
- 1162SAT mid
- Psychology major with 4-12 Education (Teaching) certification pathway
About the programView Saint Norbert College's Psychology major with 4-12 Education (Teaching) certification pathway ProgramAt Saint Norbert College, students preparing to teach social studies complete a psychology major alongside the Education program's grades 4-12 Teaching certification pathway. Social studies candidates may center their content major in economics, history, political science, psychology, or sociology, or complete a broadfield social studies major, and finish with a student teaching sequence for grades 4-12. The pathway leads to Wisconsin licensure, with an Illinois licensure option also available. It is a bachelor's degree in psychology teacher education at the bachelor's level, based in Wisconsin.
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Albion College
30score- 62%Grad rate
- $56,330/yrTuition (in or out of state)
- 81%Admit rate
- 1,308Undergrads
- 2Grads/yr
- Psychology Secondary/K-12 Certification
- On-campus
About the programView Albion College's Psychology Secondary/K-12 Certification ProgramAlbion College offers a Psychology Secondary and K-12 Certification program through its Education Department, taught on campus. The pathway pairs psychology as a teaching subject with a professional licensure track, so students who want to teach the subject in schools earn teacher certification alongside their studies in the discipline. It is a bachelor's degree in psychology teacher education at the bachelor's level, based in Michigan.
How we rank
Each program is scored 0 to 100 against the other programs in its specialty: graduation rate (50%), selectivity by admission rate (30%), and affordability by in-state tuition (20%). Scores are percentile-based within the specialty, so they compare like with like. A program missing a field gets the neutral median for it, so it is neither rewarded nor punished. Earnings are intentionally excluded: federal per-school earnings are not yet published for education programs, and the field-level salary figure is identical for every school, so ranking on it would be meaningless. To keep the overall list from being dominated by a single state's public-university system, it shows at most 2 programs per state; the value, affordability, graduation-rate, and selectivity pages rank every program without that limit.
- Graduation rate: 50%
- Selectivity (admission rate): 30%
- Affordability (in-state tuition): 20%
How much a bachelor's in Psychology Teacher Education program costs
Published in-state tuition across the 2 ranked bachelor's programs typically runs from $44,620 to $56,330 a year, with a median near $50,475. Most of that spread is public versus private: public universities charge state residents the least, while private colleges set a single sticker price that applies to everyone. 0 of the 2 programs here are public, which is usually where the lowest in-state numbers come from.
Sticker price is rarely what a student pays. Grants and scholarships lower the net cost, and future teachers have aid written specifically for them: the federal TEACH Grant provides up to $4,000 a year to students who agree to teach a high-need subject in a low-income school, and many states add service scholarships and loan-forgiveness programs for people who commit to the classroom. Two costs to watch are out-of-state tuition, which at public schools often runs two to three times the resident rate, and mandatory fees and living expenses, which the tuition figure leaves out entirely.
Sources: tuition and program data from IPEDS; the TEACH Grant from Federal Student Aid.
Ways to earn your bachelor's in Psychology Teacher Education
A traditional four-year, on-campus bachelor's is the most common route into teaching, and for good reason: the degree leans on in-person field placements that build to a full term of student teaching. Most programs here are delivered on campus for exactly that reason.
You do not have to start at a four-year school. Many students spend their first two years at a community college, earn an associate's, and transfer in, which trims the cost of the early coursework, and statewide articulation agreements often guarantee the credits apply. If you already hold a bachelor's in another field, you can usually skip a second degree entirely and enter through an alternative-certification program or a master's-with-licensure route built for career-changers.
Whatever the format, the non-negotiable is supervised clinical practice. Every licensure-track program includes a student-teaching placement, and some now pair it with a paid, year-long residency alongside a mentor teacher, an increasingly common model that eases the unpaid-semester crunch traditional student teaching can create.
Sources: online and program counts from IPEDS; alternative-certification pathways per the US Department of Education.
Data sources for our Bachelor's in Psychology Teacher Education ranking
- Program counts, tuition, graduation and admission rates: IPEDS, US Department of Education.
- Program descriptions: each school's official catalog and program pages.