Choose Education

North Carolina needs more educators.
Answer the call.

Over 5,000 NC State alumni are serving learners at every level of education in all 100 counties across the state. Join them and make a lifelong impact on others. Choose Education, and choose NC State’s College of Education, where North Carolina’s most effective educators prepare.

Meet some of them and find a program for you.

Gina Montague ’17MED

The Wake County Public School System School Counselor of the Year is the school counselor at Powell Center for Play and Ingenuity Magnet Elementary School.

Meet Gina

Michael Prelaske

The Ph.D. student in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences is a teacher at Middle Creek High School in Wake County and the founder of 1347 Games, a nonprofit focused on creating standards-based, multiplayer, digital simulations for the classroom

Meet Michael

Jennifer Jarrett ’24PHD

The assistant professor of educational leadership at Western Carolina University is helping prepare the next generation of leaders for North Carolina schools.

Meet Jennifer

John Lassiter ’09

The two-time the Wells Fargo Northeast Regional Principal of the Year is the principal of Hertford Grammar School in Perquimans County.

Meet John

Amber Autry ’24

The Cumberland County Schools’ 2026 Beginning Teacher of the Year is living out her dream of teaching science at her alma mater, Cape Fear High School, in her hometown, Stedman, North Carolina.

Meet Amber

Lawrence Rouse ’98EDD

The NC State College of Education’s 2025 Distinguished Alum spent over four decades working with community colleges, including as president of Pitt and James Sprunt community colleges.

Meet Lawrence

Why Join NC State’s
College of Education

#1

ranked college of education in North Carolina in U.S. News’ 2025 Best Education Schools and U.S. News’ 2025 Best Global Universities: Education and Educational Research rankings

#1

We are the largest producer of STEM educators and community college leaders in North Carolina, and home to the largest cohort of N.C. Teaching Fellows.

100% job placement

We have a 100% placement rate of graduates seeking employment in the field of education.

Most effective

Our alumni who are teachers in N.C. public schools rate among the highest in effectiveness on surveys of school employers.

5,507

There are 5,507 NC State alumni who work in K-12 North Carolina public schools.

1,606

NC State alumni work in 1,606 K-12 public schools across North Carolina.

115

NC State alumni work in all 115 K-12 public school districts in North Carolina