Quick answer: 4 colleges within 100 miles of New Castle, Indiana award a cte teaching degree, the nearest about 20 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024).
| Distance from New Castle | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 1 |
| Within 50 miles | 3 |
| Within 100 miles | 4 |
| Within 250 miles | 28 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
Access around New Castle is thinner than in the larger Indiana metros. The nearest college awarding this degree is roughly 20 miles away and 4 sit within 100 miles, which is the case where an online or low-residency program earns its keep.
The subject matter does not change by location: educational psychology, curriculum and instruction, classroom assessment, teaching methods, and supervised student teaching. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 6 schools within 131 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 6 of them carry a score.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Indiana earn a median $56,390 per year against $66,270 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The Indiana median for career/technical education teachers, secondary school is $56,390 per year, below the national median of $66,270, on state employment of 1,310 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in New Castle specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Indiana page.
Muncie * Seymour * Bloomington * Fort Wayne * Lafayette * West Lafayette * Warsaw * Auburn
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