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Education at Arcadia

Arcadia graduates about 32 education majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 141st of 551 schools we score for education, a strong program at 68 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year328% of the class
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate78%whole school
SAT middle 50%1088–1320whole school

Around Arcadia

Gray Towers at Arcadia University, one of the historic landmarks in Montgomery C
Gray TowersPhoto: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Quite a gateway.
Arcadia UnivPhoto: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
View south along Pennsylvania State Route 152 (Limekiln Pike) just north of East
2022-10-31 12 18 21 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 152 (Limekiln PikePhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
View east along Pennsylvania State Route 73 (Church Road) just east of Pennsylva
2022-10-31 12 19 05 View east along Pennsylvania State Route 73 (Church Road) juPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where education happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 2 · Library 2 · Arts 1 · Athletics 1 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the education ranking

  1. University of California, Santa Cruz 68
  2. Long Island University 68
  3. Monmouth University 68
  4. Samford University 68
  5. Assumption University 68
  6. Lawrence University 68
  7. Towson University 67
  8. St. Joseph's University–New York 67

Other strong majors at Arcadia

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Arcadia with every school we score in education. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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