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Brown University leads the 585 Public Bachelor's Education universities in the United States at #69 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (QS World #70) and Ohio State University - Columbus (QS World #190). Across the whole list there are 1,868 courses to choose from.
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Public University · 1 course in Bachelor's Education
Public University · 1 course in Bachelor's Education
Public University · 1 course in Bachelor's Education
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Public University · 1 course in Bachelor's Education
Public University · 1 course in Bachelor's Education
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30 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #69 (Brown University) to #575 (University of South Carolina); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Minnesota - Crookston has the largest research record in this group, with 37,546,689 citations and an h-index of 1,411. 15 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 585 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Texas (3), New York (3) and Massachusetts (3) account for the most of those we can place. Ohio State University-Main Campus is the largest, with 45,638 students.
Within the subject, the largest areas are Education (1,798), Primary Education (31), Early Childhood Education (11) and Secondary Education (9). The usual length is 4 years and 2 years. 96% are full-time and 65 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). State University of New York at Cortland offers the widest choice, with 38 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 23 of these universities. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at USD 5,274 a year and University of Washington-Bothell Campus the most at USD 43,155; the middle of the range is about USD 18,784. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Brown University (QS World #69), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (QS World #70) and Ohio State University - Columbus (QS World #190) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at about USD 5,274 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
585 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
65 of these courses are listed as online.
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