<p>I read that Harvard's Ed.M program acceptance rate is 55%
Is this True? If so Why??
Is it high for Doctoral Program Too?
Since Harvard's School of Education is #1 does this mean that all education programs have a high acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Prolly so. I go to Teachers College at Columbia and I know they had a higher than 50% percent admit rate. However, from that 50%, 91 % went to Masters and only 9% went to Ph.D. </p>
<p>I know Harvard’s doctorate admissions in Education are brutal.</p>
<p>One reason is because the school you get your degree from doesn’t help much in the educational field. Most public school systems will pay you the same regardless of what school you went to. You could get the degree from Harvard or the University of Phoenix and you’d get paid the same.</p>
<p>That is unlike other fields where an Ivy League degree is much more likely to get you a good job with a great salary.</p>
<p>Not so fast. With a degree from a lower level school you would never be able to get professor jobs at decent universities like you would with an Ivy League Ph.D. So yes, the advanced degree from an Ivy does get you more pay through better opportunity.</p>
<p>It’s certainly accurate that it matters if you want to be a university professor. However, people that get master’s degrees in education often go on to work with grades K-12, which is what I was referring to since he mentions an Ed.M. If you want to be a professor, you’d generally only get degrees in the field you want to teach.</p>
<p>Thank-you booble2005 and you are most accurate in both your responses. Case in point is a private elite institution in California, The Claremont University Consortium is great with the five colleges and its graduate schools such as Keck and CGU. However, not all departments within the consortium is great. Notably is the CGU Teacher Education Department. Avoid it at all cost. Too expensive, “rigorous” training unlikely. No support by the Coordinator and staff. You better off signing up as a cast member for the movie Hunger Games instead of getting jobs in the educational field. </p>
<p>The brand name of a school might not always be the best in finding a teaching job. I am questioning the value of Teacher Internship programs entirely!</p>