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College of Education
Online bachelor's education degrees
College of Education
Online bachelor's education degrees
Take charge of your teaching career
If you are inspired to develop children’s academic, social and cognitive skills in the classroom, exploring online bachelor’s education degrees is a great first step. When you learn in a teaching program like the Bachelor of Science in Education in Education/Elementary Teacher Education or Bachelor of Science in Education/Early Childhood Education it allows you to explore learning strategies to guide students in pre-school to elementary school. A teaching-focused bachelor’s education degree also helps you prepare for teaching licensure. If you live in California, the Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies program can prepare you for a multiple-subject teaching credential.
Fitting education into your schedule is easier because our core courses are online and most are only 5 weeks long. While the field and student teaching requirements must be completed in person, most of the courses in our bachelor’s education degree programs offer the flexibility of studying online and starting school up to 12 times during the year so you can take part in your full, busy life.
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Find the education bachelor's degree for you
*Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies degree program requires 121 credits and approximately 4 years and 1 month to complete.
Skills you’ll develop with core bachelor’s education degree courses
Bachelor of Science in Education/Early Childhood Education
- Instructional practice
- Professionalism
- Ethical practice
- Learner development
- Innovation
Bachelor of Science in Education/Elementary Education
- Instructional practice
- Professionalism
- Ethical practice
- Learner development
- Innovation
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies (California ONLY)
- Teaching
- Professionalism
- Leadership
- Learning strategies
- Innovation
Earn career-relevant skills in weeks – not years
Get value from your education before you even graduate. Update your resumé and LinkedIn profile with learned skills when you complete every 5- or 6-week course in our associate, bachelor's and master's programs.
Outlook for workers with an education bachelor's degree
Bachelor’s education degree course requirements
Bachelor of Science in Education/Elementary Education
You’ll have 20 core courses of program-specific knowledge and a clinical practice/student teaching component to help you build the skills, competency and confidence to teach elementary school children. These core courses include topics like: childhood development, elementary methods: reading/language arts, elementary methods: mathematics and more.
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies (California only)
You’ll have 14 core courses of program-specific knowledge and a clinical practice/student teaching component to help you build the skills, competency and confidence to teach children. These core courses include topics like: elementary models: reading and language arts, instructional methods for English language learners, classroom management and more.
Bachelor of Science in Education/Early Childhood Education
You’ll have 19 core courses of program-specific knowledge and a clinical practice/student teaching component to help you build the skills, competency and confidence to teach children. These courses include subjects like: foundation of early childhood education, early childhood literacy development, methods of teaching in early childhood: mathematics and more.
Tuition and financial aid
Affordable, locked-in tuition
Ways to pay — and save. Explore your options.
From scholarships to transfer credits and federal financial aid for those who qualify, there are a variety of ways to pay for school and save on tuition.
Student experience
Over 1 million alumni have earned their degrees while balancing work, school and life. So can you.
How to apply for your bachelor’s education degree program
After selecting your program, choose your start date from our calendar. Applying for a degree here is free. Register for courses before the deadline (usually one week before the program starts). After applying, you’ll speak to an enrollment representative who helps prepare you to begin class.
- No application fee — no obligation!
- No SAT, GMAT or essay required
- Our risk-free trial lets eligible students try out University of Phoenix for three weeks at no additional cost
Experienced faculty
Learn from accomplished, real-world faculty members who lead in the fields they teach. Our instructors go through a careful vetting process before joining our faculty ranks.
And with a student-faculty ratio of 32:1 you get the attention you need. [1] Your instructors will include industry leaders who encourage, challenge, and inspire our students.
[1] This is a university-wide ratio, the College of Education student-faculty ratio may vary.
“I am so proud that our College of Education can reach and support students’ course work and clinical practices in communities where traditional higher education institutions don’t and help those students achieve so they can serve those same communities as certified classroom teachers.”
— Dr. Roggeman
Pamela M. Roggeman, Ed.D.
Pamela Roggeman is the Dean for the College of Education at University of Phoenix. There, she has led the work of preparing thousands of teacher candidates in numerous states to satisfy credentialing requirements.
This experience has included national partnerships helping to advance thought-leadership in the field of education. She has spent over a decade in higher education teacher preparation in both the public and private sector. Pam also serves as the President of the Arizona Educational Foundation’s Board of Directors. Before Pam's second career in teacher preparation, she was an award-winning high school English teacher for 18 years in AZ. She was also a 1999 AZ Educational Foundation’s Ambassador of Excellence as a Top Five Finalist for Arizona Educational Foundation’s Teacher of the Year. She is a lifetime supporter of and believer in K-12 Public Education.
Institutional accreditation
University of Phoenix has been continually accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), hlcommission.org since 1978.
FAQ about education bachelor's degrees
The program length for an online bachelor’s in education is four years. Other factors, such as the number of eligible credits you can transfer toward your program and whether you take breaks from your program you could complete your degree in more or less time.
- Bachelor of Science in Education/Early Childhood Education: program length 4 years
- Bachelor of Science in Education/Elementary Education: program length 4 years
- Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies: program length approximately 4 years and 1 month
If you want to teach early childhood/kindergarten or elementary school students in a classroom setting, a teaching degree like our Bachelor of Science in Education in Early Childhood Education or Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education will prepare you to enter and grow in the profession. See your state’s requirements to prepare for your future as a teacher.
Yes. If you’ve previously attended an accredited college, you may be able to transfer eligible credits that could apply toward your degree requirements. An enrollment representative can answer your questions about which credits may be transferred.
There are even more ways to save time and money on your degree including applying for scholarships (eligible students may qualify for scholarships on day one) or you may be eligible for reduced tuition, tuition assistance or other benefits through your employer.
