At a Glance

Number of…

Areas of Study: 21
Faculty: 99
Out-of-state students: 294
In-state students: 811

Number of Students:

B.S.Ed. 137
Ed.D. 65
Ed.S. 9
M.Ed. 251
M.T. 392
Ph.D. 255

Number of Degrees Conferred:

B.S.Ed. 53
Ed.D. 18
Ed.S. 59
M.Ed. 338
M.T. 134
Ph.D. 74
Degree Total 676

 

Highlights:

  • All incoming Ph.D. students generally receive fully funded packages including a stipend, tuition and a health insurance voucher.
  • The faculty at the Curry School have received $38 million in grant funding over the past two years.
  • The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) and MyTeachingPartner, two tools created by faculty at the Curry School aimed to improve preK-grade 12 teaching and learning, are being used in more than 50,000 classrooms nationwide including in every Head Start classroom in the U.S.
  • Curry faculty are consistently cited nationally for their work, including President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the New York Times, MSNBC.com, the Washington Post, CNN, United Press International and Education Week.
  • Within the last year, the Curry School has hosted U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, U.S. Senator Mark Warner,and Science Magazine Senior Editor Pamela Hines.
  • Curry launched two new centers: the Center on Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, in partnership with the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and Youth-NEX: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.
  • Now is the time to be at the Curry School; Curry jumped 10 spots in the U.S. News and World Report education school rankings in just two years.

Rankings

U.S. News rankings: 22
Jumped 10 spots in 2 years

Charlottesville

General size of Charlottesville:
City of Charlottesville: 40,600
Charlottesville MSA: 200,600 (consists of the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Nelson counties)