Columbia Teachers College
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1887 |
| Endowment | US$200 million |
| President | Susan Fuhrman |
| Provost | Thomas James |
| Students | 5,299 |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.tc.columbia.edu |
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Teachers College, Columbia University is a graduate school of education, health and psychology in New York City that serves as Columbia University's Department of Education. Founded in 1887, it has been a Faculty of Columbia University since its affiliation in 1898. Consistently achieving top rankings, Teachers College purports to be the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States.
True to its vision of "education writ large," the school offers Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Education (Ed.M.), Master of Science (M.S.), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in over sixty programs of study in four core areas of expertise: health, education, leadership, and psychology. Less than one-third of students are preparing to become teachers. Graduates go on to pursue careers in psychology, social and behavioral sciences, health and health promotion, educational policy, technology, international and comparative education, as well as education and educational leadership.
In 2016, Teachers College was ranked #7 among all graduate schools of education by U.S. News & World Report.
Teachers College was founded in 1880 by the philanthropist Grace Hoadley Dodge and philosopher Nicholas Murray Butler to provide schooling for the teachers of the poor children of New York City. The curriculum combined a humanitarian concern to help others with a scientific approach to human development. Beginning as a school to prepare home economists and manual art teachers for the children of the poor, the College affiliated with Columbia University in 1898 as the University's Graduate School of Education. Unlike normal schools, after 1893 Teachers College required all students to have a high school diploma. Its professional teacher education was considered the equivalent of the junior and senior years of college. Many early students who lacked preparation for the advanced coursework first took introductory liberal arts classes, often at Barnard College.
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