Best Education Degrees by ROI in 2026

500 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Top education programs ranked by earnings, AI resilience, and return on investment.

Programs Ranked
500
Avg Earnings
$43,696/yr
Avg DW Score
74/100
#1 Program
Teacher Education (General)
Miami Dade College

Best Education Degrees by ROI

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

# Program DW Score Earnings AI Risk ROI
1 Teacher Education (General)
Miami Dade College · Miami, FL
85
82–86
$51,545/yr High 44.4x
2 Teacher Education (General)
Pierce College District · Lakewood, WA
86
83–87
$55,849/yr High 28.8x
3 Teacher Education (General)
College of Central Florida · Ocala, FL
84
81–85
$48,537/yr High 44.0x
4 Teacher Education (General)
Florida SouthWestern State College · Fort Myers, FL
85
82–86
$51,448/yr High 35.7x
5 Teacher Education (General)
Indian River State College · Fort Pierce, FL
84
81–85
$48,612/yr High 43.0x
6 Teacher Education (General)
St Petersburg College · St. Petersburg, FL
85
81–86
$49,672/yr High 46.2x
7 Teacher Education (General)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · Tallahassee, FL
84
81–83
$50,736/yr High 21.7x
8 Teacher Education (General)
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
84
81–85
$50,178/yr High 26.5x
9 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
86
81–87
$53,524/yr High 27.3x
10 Teacher Education (General)
Polk State College · Winter Haven, FL
84
80–85
$48,210/yr High 34.8x
11 Teacher Education (General)
Saint Johns River State College · Palatka, FL
83
80–84
$46,448/yr High 41.5x
12 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · Tifton, GA
85
81–88
$50,429/yr High 38.5x
13 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
CUNY Queens College · Queens, NY
86
82–87
$58,894/yr High 22.1x
14 Teacher Education (General)
Georgia Gwinnett College · Lawrenceville, GA
83
80–84
$48,203/yr High 27.0x
15 Teacher Education (General)
University of Alaska Southeast · Juneau, AK
84
81–84
$52,875/yr High 18.0x
16 Teacher Education (General)
Daytona State College · Daytona Beach, FL
82
79–83
$44,869/yr High 36.9x
17 Teacher Education (General)
Florida State College at Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL
82
79–84
$45,008/yr High 36.5x
18 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
St Petersburg College · St. Petersburg, FL
85
80–87
$49,435/yr High 45.1x
19 Teacher Education (General)
South Florida State College · Avon Park, FL
83
79–84
$45,639/yr High 35.0x
20 Teacher Education (General)
Coppin State University · Baltimore, MD
84
81–84
$53,215/yr High 18.0x
21 Teacher Education (General)
Weber State University · Ogden, UT
84
81–83
$51,861/yr High 19.6x
22 Teacher Education (General)
Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Myers, FL
83
81–83
$50,951/yr High 20.3x
23 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
84
80–85
$50,610/yr High 21.7x
24 Teacher Education (General)
Northwest Florida State College · Niceville, FL
82
79–83
$44,340/yr High 35.0x
25 Teacher Education (General)
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL
83
81–83
$50,442/yr High 18.5x
26 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
CUNY Hunter College · New York, NY
83
78–86
$49,245/yr High 24.2x
27 Teacher Education (General)
Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT
82
79–82
$47,619/yr High 21.1x
28 Teacher Education (General)
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT
83
80–82
$49,497/yr High 19.0x
29 Teacher Education (General)
Western Washington University · Bellingham, WA
82
80–82
$53,133/yr High 17.5x
30 Teacher Education (General)
Nevada State University · Henderson, NV
82
80–82
$48,634/yr High 19.7x
31 Teacher Education (General)
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA
82
79–82
$46,099/yr High 22.6x
32 Teacher Education (General)
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL
81
79–80
$46,646/yr High 18.8x
33 Teacher Education (General)
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
81
79–81
$45,696/yr High 21.1x
34 Teacher Education (General)
University of North Florida · Jacksonville, FL
81
79–81
$47,210/yr High 18.9x
35 Teacher Education (General)
Bowie State University · Bowie, MD
81
80–80
$52,619/yr High 15.2x
36 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
CUNY Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY
82
76–84
$46,233/yr High 23.3x
37 Teacher Education (General)
North Carolina A & T State University · Greensboro, NC
82
80–81
$49,099/yr High 17.7x
38 Teacher Education (General)
University of North Carolina at Pembroke · Pembroke, NC
81
78–82
$42,973/yr High 30.7x
39 Bilingual & Multilingual
Texas A & M International University · Laredo, TX
82
80–82
$55,467/yr High 16.4x
40 Teacher Education (General)
Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT
81
79–81
$47,832/yr High 18.4x
41 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT
83
79–83
$49,297/yr High 19.1x
42 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
Weber State University · Ogden, UT
84
80–84
$50,600/yr High 19.1x
43 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY
83
79–83
$49,587/yr High 19.0x
44 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
Nevada State University · Henderson, NV
84
80–85
$50,691/yr High 18.9x
45 Teacher Education (General)
Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA
81
79–81
$46,077/yr High 20.3x
46 Teacher Education (General)
Florida International University · Miami, FL
80
77–80
$44,522/yr High 19.2x
47 Teacher Education (General)
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
81
78–81
$46,209/yr High 17.1x
48 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
82
78–83
$47,572/yr High 19.1x
49 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
University of North Florida · Jacksonville, FL
82
78–83
$47,219/yr High 19.7x
50 Teacher Education (Subject-Specific)
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL
82
78–83
$47,698/yr High 19.3x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.