Why A&M
While it is true, most public universities in Texas offer teacher certification, there is a difference when it comes to the value of your degree. Texas A&M provides one of the best teacher education programs found in the nation.
Texas A&M is one of the few teacher preparation programs to offer an exclusively field-based teacher education program. This means our students are getting into classrooms to work with students, teachers, and parents as early as their freshman year in our program. Due to our field-based program, Aggie teachers are better prepared for the situations they face as professional educators. The retention rate for an Aggie teacher is much higher than the national average. In fact, 83% of Aggie teachers are still teaching five years after graduation. The national average retention rate for teachers after five years is below 50%. The College of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M is also one of the few teacher preparation programs to consistently produce teachers certified in the high-need teaching fields over the past five years.
CEHD Fast Facts
- 3,836 Undergraduate Majors with 500+ students seeking certification in other colleges on campus. This makes our college the fourth largest undergraduate program at Texas A&M.
- 95% placement rate for graduates with the majority of the other 5% immediately enrolling in Graduate studies.
- Texas A&M ranks #1 in Texas and the Southwest in the Kiplinger 2006 rankings for "best value" public university.
- Texas A&M is ranked #1 nationally in The Washington Monthly magazine's ratings of US colleges and universities.
- The CEHD pass rate of the Texas Examinations for Educator Standards (TExES) exam is 98%.
- 100% of students completing degrees in Middle School, Bilingual, and Special Education have teaching positions within three months of graduation.
- The CEHD Literacy (reading) Education Program was recently ranked #3 in the Nation.
- The CEHD has over 7,000 graduates who are K-12 teachers or administrators in 204 Texas Counties.
- Texas A&M ranks #20 in HISPANIC Magazine's Top 25 Colleges for Hispanics.
Supporting our Students
The College of Education & Human Development opened its Marilyn Kent Byrne Student Success Center in the spring of 2008 to enhance and promote academic success for education majors at Texas A&M University. The center measures student success in terms of academic performance, retention through graduation and career placement. Primarily, the center facilitates students' exposure and access to academic, career, learning support and transition services and campus life opportunities. To further promote student success, the center collaborates with key stakeholders, including students, faculty, advisors, student affairs professionals and academic departments.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Dave Louis
Director
Marilyn Kent Bryne Student Success Center
116 Heaton Hall
4222 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4222
Tel. 979.862.8489 Fax. 979.862.4352
dalouis@tamu.edu
