Who Are Our Candidates?
In order to be admitted to the teacher education program (ATE) at MTSU, candidates must:
1) have completed 45 hours of coursework (6 at MTSU)
2) have acceptable scores on one of the following tests:
a. ACT (22 or higher)
b. SAT (1020 or higher)
c. Praxis I
i. Reading 174
ii. Math 173
iii. Writing 173
d. Post-Baccalaureate and Graduate students have the additional options of:
i. GRE (800 or higher)
ii. MAT (385 or higer)
3) have an overall GPA of 2.75 or higher
4) complete a structured interview with faculty and P-12 representatives
5) have a background/fingerprint check
6) have disciplinary clearance from MTSU’s Office of Judicial Affairs
About half of our candidates use the Praxis I as the testing criterion for admissions (Table 1):
Table 1. Testing Method for ATE (2009-12)
College of Education: ATE by Testing Method
Year
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
ACT (22+)
139
197
186
SAT (1020+)
15
6
9
Praxis I
168
229
258
Total
Admitted
322
432
453
% Admitted
by Praxis I
52.17%
53.01%
56.95%
Table 2 provides a more detailed description of candidates who were admitted to the teacher education
program by using the Praxis I exams.
Table 2. Admissions by Praxis (2009-12)
Middle Tennessee State University - College of Education
Admission to Teacher Education (ATE) 2009-2012
Status and Race of
Students
Graduate
White-not of Hispanic
origin
Students
Enrolled
Total
Not Specified
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
White-not of Hispanic
origin
Total
Post-Bach Licensure
Asian or Pacific Islander
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
Hispanic
White-not of Hispanic
origin
Total
Undergraduate
American Indian
Asian or Pacific Islander
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
Hispanic
Not Specified
White-not of Hispanic
origin
Total
Grand Total
Average Average Average Average
ATE
PPST
PPST
PPST
GPA:
Reading Writing
Math
16
16
3.20
3.20
180
180
177
177
179
179
3
3.04
177
175
176
12
15
3.07
3.07
178
178
175
175
176
176
1
3
1
2.93
3.15
2.99
183
176
182
179
177
181
180
177
182
35
40
3.04
3.04
179
179
176
176
178
178
1
4
47
13
6
3.30
3.15
3.04
3.24
3.21
175
177
176
179
178
179
175
175
175
174
179
178
177
177
177
526
597
668
3.20
3.19
3.18
178
178
178
175
175
175
178
178
178
Table 3 describes more specifically candidates admitted to the teacher education program by tests other
than Praxis I.
Table 3. Admission by ACT, SAT, GRE, MAT (2009-12)
Middle Tennessee State University - College of Education
Admission to Teacher Education (ATE) 2009-2012
Average Average Average
Students
ATE
ACT
GRE
Status and Race of Students
Enrolled
GPA:
Score
Score
Graduate
Asian or Pacific Islander
2
3.64
26
960
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
6
3.13
24
Hispanic
1
3.02
22
Not Specified
3
3.08
White-not of Hispanic origin
102
3.38
25
933
Total
114
3.36
25
935
Not Specified
Asian or Pacific Islander
1
3.56
24
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
1
3.05
850
White-not of Hispanic origin
12
3.48
26
Total
14
3.45
26
850
Post-Bach Licensure
Asian or Pacific Islander
1
2.92
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
2
3.16
Not Specified
2
3.25
25
White-not of Hispanic origin
39
3.30
26
1102
Total
44
3.28
26
1102
Undergraduate
American Indian
4
3.39
22
Asian or Pacific Islander
7
3.14
22
Black-not of Hispanic Origin
23
3.33
24
Hispanic
10
3.28
25
Not Specified
16
3.38
24
White-not of Hispanic origin
543
3.34
24
940
Total
603
3.34
24
940
Grand Total
775
3.34
24
977
Average
MAT
Score
Average
SAT
Score
389
1020
396
406
404
1155
1128
404
404
1100
1100
1040
404
396
400
1049
1047
1200
398
409
394
401
404
1020
920
1079
1076
1079
Once admitted, the average College of Education retention rate is 77.5% (University average is 70,2%).