North Carolina’s best educators prepare at the NC State College of Education.
In every corner of the state, in all 100 counties, NC State alumni are educating children, improving schools and strengthening communities. Students who graduate from the NC State College of Education go on to become teachers, counselors and principals, as well as business owners, governors, superintendents of the year and Super Bowl winning coaches.
Meet a few of our extraordinary students and alumni.
“The things I’ve learned at NC State I’m definitely utilizing in my classroom every day. I have made so many amazing connections with my students, and that trickles down to their learning.”
Valerie Ahrens ’20MAT
Kindergarten teacher who won Wake County Public School System’s 2020-21 Diane Kent-Parker First-Year Teacher Award
6,014
NC State alumni work in N.C. public schools
1,721
public schools in N.C. where NC State alumni work
100
of 100 counties in N.C. where NC State alumni work
