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College of Education at UT Austin

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Departments

192 courses taught in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

College of Education departments
DepartmentPeopleCourses
Department of Curriculum and InstructionEDC, EDU, STM76 people41
Department of Educational Leadership and PolicyELP55 people9
Department of Educational PsychologyEDP56 people33
Department of Kinesiology and Health EducationHED, KIN, PED, PSC69 people91
Department of Special EducationSED31 people20
Bachelor’s degrees8 programs
Master’s degrees14 programs
Doctoral degrees10 programs
Pay after graduationUp to $134,800
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Educational Administration and SupervisionDoctoral · Educational leadership and policy, Educational leadership and policy$97,600$134,800
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral · Educational psychology$78,300$94,300
Curriculum and InstructionDoctoral · Curriculum and instruction, Curriculum and instruction$75,800$85,500
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster’s · Educational leadership and policy$55,500$67,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor’s · Exercise science, Physical culture and sports studies, Sport management$41,100$66,600
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster’s · Educational psychology, Educational psychology, Educational psychology$63,600$65,200
Curriculum and InstructionMaster’s · Curriculum and instruction, Curriculum and instruction$58,500$63,200
Special Education and TeachingMaster’s · Special education, Special education$60,300$56,300

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

Colleges, deans, departments and degree programs come from UT’s catalog. Who teaches what comes from UT’s public HB 2504 course information, which lists the instructor of record and a CV for every section.

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