COE at a Glance
Rising National Rankings
The SDSU College of Education is included in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report's list of top graduate education programs nationwide.
#41
Best education schools nationwide
#5
Online education master's programs
#10
Online master's in curriculum and instruction programs
Faculty
306Tenured/tenured track faculty members, Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP) annuitants and lecturers. Numbers from Spring 2026 semester.
- Lecturers: 73.2% (224)
- Tenured/Tenure-Track: 23.5% (10)
- FERP Annuitants: 3.2% (10)
- Female: 69.9% (214)
- Male: 29.4% (90)
- Nonbinary: 0.6% (2)
- White: 50.9% (156)
- Latinx: 27.1% (83)
- Black: 10.1% (31)
- Asian/Pacific Islander: 7.5% (22)
- Two or More: 1.9% (6)
- Not Specified: 1.9% (6)
- Native American/Alaskan: 0.6% (2)
Students
4,118Total enrollment from Fall 2025 semester. Includes students with majors in other colleges who are enrolled in at least one COE minor.
- Bachelor's: 39.2% (1,617)
- Minor: 21.2% (874)
- Master's: 19.9% (820)
- Credential: 12.8% (530)
- Doctoral: 4.6% (192)
- Ed.S.: 1.4% (58)
- Advanced Certificate: 0.6% (27)
- Female: 82% (3,377)
- Male: 17% (701)
- Nonbinary: 0.8% (34)
- Unknown/Not Stated: 0.1% (6)
- Latinx: 47% (1,935)
- White: 28.9% (1,192)
- Asian/Pacific Islander: 9.7% (407)
- Two or More: 6% (248)
- Black: 4.3% (179)
- Unknown/Not Stated: 3.3% (134)
- International: 0.6% (25)
- Native American/Alaskan: 0.2% (7)
Orientation Identities and Expressions
16.8%691 COE students.
16.8% of the student population self-reported identifying as LGBTQ+.
Grants and Contracts
$26.8 millionTotal funding in grants and contracts awarded to College of Education faculty.
Philanthropy
$10.2 millionPhilanthropic support made possible by alumni, faculty, staff, foundations, corporations and friends.