learn how to inspire future generations.
Here’s how we do it:
- Clinical experiences throughout the program provide you with meaningful opportunities to practice your knowledge and skills in diverse K-12 settings.
- Our Office of Student Success and Advising will help you succeed through scholarships, advising, workshops, career counseling, internships and placements.
- Our state-of-the-art Student Educator Learning Factory design studio gives students hands-on practice with new technologies.
- As a majority-minority institution, UNCG’s campus diversity reflects the classrooms where you’ll teach. You and your peers will learn from each other as you share your unique perspective and experiences.
- Our Teaching Resources Center offers a variety of professional resources for preparing lesson plans, all K-12 state-adopted textbooks, and study guides for NC teacher licensure exams.
pick the degree that best fits your career plans.
UNCG has ranked in the top category of teacher education programs in the N.C. Institutions of Higher Education rankings for three consecutive years.
- B.S. in Special Education, with K-12 Licensure
- B.S. in Elementary Education and Special Education dual major, with K-12 Licensure
- B.S. in Elementary Education, with K–6 Teacher Licensure
- B.S. in Middle Grades Education, with 6-9 Licensure
- Secondary Teacher Education Program Education with 9-12 Licensure Secondary English Education
- Secondary Science Education
- Secondary Social Studies Education
Future teachers can find scholarship aid.
Each year, the School of Education awards over $1 million in scholarships and graduate assistantships. Undergraduates can receive support from:
- UNCG Teacher Education Fellows: Offers four-year scholarship packages and additional enrichment opportunities
- Haggai Academy: Scholarship program for students 24 years of age or older
- Institutional Scholarships
Greensboro is an education town!
Greensboro is the Goldilocks of NC cities: not too big, not too small, but just right! It’s also a vibrant and diverse college town, with seven colleges and universities and 50,000 college students. Meet students from NC A&T, Guilford College, Greensboro College, Bennett College, Elon University, and more.
You can be yourself at UNC Greensboro.
At UNCG, we’re not just about making a difference — we’re proud of being different. No matter who you are, where you’re from, or what you look like, you’ll find a place where you can be authentically yourself here. Come to UNCG to be you.
Our faculty embraces our mission of caring about our students. And our class sizes and faculty-to-student ratio means our educators can take their time to mentor you. We believe in the power of you and the story you have to tell. We’ll help you find your voice, develop your passions, and light the way to the future – your future.
Don’t let anyone else define you. This is your story. It’s time to live it.
