University of Missouri College of Education & Human Development
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1867 |
Academic staff | 148 |
| Students | 2,319 |
| Location | , , US 38°56′43″N 92°19′47″W / 38.94535°N 92.32970°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | education |
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The University of Missouri College of Education is the education college at University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. The school is composed of five academic departments[1] offering doctoral, graduate and undergraduate programs both on campus and online. Founded in 1867[2] as the state normal school, MU was one of the first state universities in the country to undertake the professional training of teachers as a regular part of its collegiate work. In 2019, the college was ranked 36th out of 392 education schools by U.S. News & World Report.[3][non-primary source needed] Among U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Programs, the college was ranked #3 for student counseling and personnel services, #21 for special education, and #22 for library and information studies.
Departments
- Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
- Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology
- Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
- School of Information Science & Learning Technologies
- Department of Special Education
