2010 Fact Sheet

Overview

The University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education is the only named school or college at UConn. In 1999, it was renamed to honor UConn alum Ray Neag, who gave $21 million to the school of education. At the time, it was the largest gift ever given to any school of education in the country.

• In addition to our Teacher Education Unit, four departments comprise the Neag School: Educational Psychology, Educational Leadership, Kinesiology, and Curriculum & Instruction.
• Through research and service the Neag School has developed relationships with 70% of Connecticut’s communities and more than 4,300 U.S. and international schools.
• The Carnegie Foundation has designated UConn, and therefore the Neag School, as a Research University-Extensive. This distinction is awarded to fewer than four percent of universities in the U.S.
• In addition to its 10 centers and 4 labs, the Neag School is home to two national research centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education:
  • National Research Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
  • Technical Assistance Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
• The Nayden Rehabilitation Clinic, an entity of the Dept. of Kinesiology, treats over 1,000 patients each year from UConn and the surrounding communities and serves as a clinical site for our physical therapy students.

 

Grants

$56 million - includes new and previously awarded multi-year grants.

 

Endowments

$22 million

The Neag School has three endowed chairs and one endowed professorship:

• Raymond and Lynn Neag Chair of Gifted Education and Talent Development
• John and Maria Neag Chair in Literacy and Technology
• Carole J. Neag Chair in Special Education
• Neag Professorship in Adult Learning

 

Student Support

Scholarships awarded $148,025 (2009 - 2010)

 

Rankings

According to the 2011 rankings by U.S.News & World Report, the Neag School of Education is:

• The #1 ranked public graduate school of education in the Northeast.
• Ranked 20th among all public schools of education surveyed and ranked 31st among the 278 private and public education school.
• Two programs ranked in the top 20, Elementary Education (18) and Special Education (15).

According to the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education:

• Our doctoral program in Kinesiology is ranked #1 - tied with Penn State.

 

Faculty Honors

• McGraw Prize in Education - 1
• Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors - 2
• UConn Teaching Fellows - 9
• UConn Alumni Faculty Excellece Awards - 7
• AAUP-Connecticut Teaching Awards - 4

 

Faculty Total - 96

(in-residence, clinical, and adjuncts not included)

Tenured/Tenure track: 65

Non-tenure track: 31

 

Staff

Full-time: 46 (full-time)

 

Student Enrollment Total - 1,347 (Fall 2010)

Undergraduate Total - 429

• Male - 37%
• Female - 63%
• Minority - 13%

Graduate Total - 918

• Master's: 460
  • Male - 30%
  • Female - 70%
  • Minority - 17%
• Sixth-Year: 176
  • Male - 26%
  • Female - 74%
  • Minority - 15%
• Doctorate: 261
  • Male - 37%
  • Female - 63%
  • Minority - 15%
• Certificate Programs: 21
  • Male - 29%
  • Female - 71%

 

Degrees Awarded 2010 - 581

Bachelor's Total - 169

Graduate Total - 412

• Master's - 314
  • EPSY: 110
  • EDCI: 157
  • EDLR: 21
  • EKIN: 26
• Sixth-Year - 67
  • EPSY: 11
  • EDCI: 15
  • EDLR: 41
• Doctorate - 31
  • EPSY: 7
  • EDCI: 3
  • EKIN: 6
  • EDLR: 15

 

Did you know?

165 out of 166 school districts in Connecticut employed Neag School alumni in 2009-2010.

Connecticut public schools employed 3,090 Neag School alums in 2009-2010.

 

Ph.D. & Ed.D. Alums

Where they are employed, according to Neag 2005-2008 data:

• 45% higher ed teaching (ie. lecturer, ass’t. prof., professor)
• 8% higher ed non-faculty (i.e. dean, director, assoc. vice
  chancellor, etc.)
• 20% K-12 school/district administration
• 12% K-12 schools as teacher or related role
  (school counselor, school psych)
• 8% working overseas

 

Teacher Education Alums

A Teachers for a New Era-UConn survey indicates a majority of our teacher preparation graduates stay in the classroom for 10 years or more and in far greater numbers than their colleagues nationwide. Of those surveyed, an impressive 73% of Neag teacher education grads remain in the classroom 10 years after graduation. Among the non-UConn graduates in the sample group, just 58% were still teaching after 10 years. The national average (after 5 years) is estimated at 50%.