Missouri Teacher College Enrollment Increases 25% Over Five-Year Period

(MISSOURINET) –  Missouri colleges and universities have reported an uptick in teacher college enrollment. Paul Katnik (rhymes with catnip), an assistant state education commissioner, says more than 11-thousand students enrolled in teacher preparation programs in the 2020-21 academic year. That number is lower than the 12,500 students enrolled in 2011 but it is about a 25-percent increased compared to five years ago…

The data shows the number of Missouri teacher college graduates has remained steady in recent years, around 36-hundred.