University of Florida College of Education

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College of Education
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Established 1906
Type School of education
Academic affiliation University of Florida
Location Gainesville, Florida,
United States
Dean Glenn E. Good
Students 1,900
Alumni 37,000+
Website www.coe.ufl.edu
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Norman Hall, home of the College of Education

The University of Florida College of Education is the teacher's college, or normal school, of the University of Florida. The College of Education is located on the eastern portion of the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and offers specializations in special education, higher education, educational policy, elementary education, counseling, teaching, and other educational programs. It is consistently ranked one of the top schools of education in the nation. The college was officially founded in 1906.[1]

National Rankings: US News (2013-14)

  • College - 30th among public institutions
  • College, overall - 40th
  • Special Education - 6th in specialty
  • Counseling Education - 8th in specialty
  • Elementary Teacher Education - 18th in specialty
  • Curriculum & Instruction - 18th in specialty
  • Online master's degree programs - 18th overall
  • Education Administration & Supervision - 20th in specialty
  • Online Teacher Education - 6th (source: TheBestSchools.org)

Schools & Program Areas

The College of Education is organized into the following three schools and program areas:

  • School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education (SHDOSE)
  • Marriage and Family Counseling
  • Mental Health Counseling
  • School Counseling and Guidance
  • Educational Leadership
  • Higher Education
  • Student Personnel in Higher Education
  • Research and Evaluation Methods (REM)
  • School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies (SESPECS)
  • Special Education
  • School Psychology
  • Early Childhood Studies (birth through age 5)
  • Unified Early Childhood ProTeach (birth through age 8)
  • Unified Elementary ProTeach
  • School of Teaching and Learning
  • Curriculum, Teaching & Teacher Education
  • Education Technology
  • Elementary Education
  • English Education
  • ESOL/Bilingual Education
  • Language Arts and Children's Literature
  • Literacy and the Arts
  • Mathematics Education
  • Reading Education
  • Science and Environmental Education
  • SITE: Alternative Certification ' Social Studies Education
  • Teacher Leadership School Improvement
  • UFTeach
  • Unified Elementary ProTeach

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