If you're interested in pursuing a career as an elementary or high school teacher, you have a number of choices when it comes to choosing the best college for teaching degrees. In fact, with so many schools offering programs for teaching, it can often be difficult to determine which college or university is the best suited for you.

The criteria that makes a teaching program stand out above the rest can sometimes be in the eye of the beholder. What makes a good teaching college for one person might turn another person away. In addition, the subject area you wish to teach will also have be a determining factor in the teaching college you choose.

With that said, US News & World Peport ranks the best teaching colleges every year. To determine their rankings, they seek the opinions of education experts and make use of various statistics to determine the quality of a college's staff, students, and research.

10 Best Colleges for Teaching Degrees

According to US News & World Report, the 10 Best Colleges for Teaching Degrees are as follows:

1) Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

2) Teachers College, Columbia University

3) Harvard University

3) Standford University

5) University Of Oregon

6) University of California - Los Angeles

6) John Hopkins University

8) Northwestern University

9) University of Wisconsin - Madison

10) University of Texas - Austin

10) University of Washington