Patton College of Education

The Patton College prepares educators, practitioners, and human service professionals to be leaders. Education is front and center in our name, but leadership is at the core of everything we do. In our 136-year history, we’ve built a nationally recognized model of educating and supporting students. Whether you want to be an educator, counselor, or inspiration in sports pedagogy, recreation, or consumer sciences, our faculty and programs will prepare you to be forever ready—ready to lead, challenge, improve, and answer the call.

To learn more about our faculty, programs, and their work, visit the "Tell Our Stories" playlist on YouTube.

Academic Programs

Find a major that prepares you to lead — as an educator and lifelong learner — from teacher education and teaching licensures to sport pedagogy, hotel and restaurant management, outdoor recreation, and more! Explore our on-campus, online, and regional campus offerings:

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Our Departments

Centers & Institutes

Hands-On Experiences

From outdoor leadership and study abroad programs to student teaching and ecotourism trips, students in the College of Education have access to many experiential learning opportunities outside the classroom!

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Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST)

France: Culinary Couture – Exploring Parisian Flair

Two students speak into a microphone during an Ohio University Esports broadcast

OHIO Esports Broadcasting

Rural Action AmeriCorps members pose for a photo.

Rural Action Seasonal AmeriCorps Placements

Outdoor Leadership

Students smile while they hike in the mountains of Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Ecotourism Destinations

Outdoor & Place-Based Experiences

Sophomore September

Meal With A Mentor

Students and employers at a Career Fair in OHIO

Career Fairs and Events

Signature Year Experiences

Building Bobcat Success: Competencies for Career Development

LINKS Program

Building the Next Generation of School Counselors

The first OHIO Online school counseling cohort will graduate this spring, bringing more qualified school counselors to Ohio schools.

Addressing School Counselor Shortage

Online School Counseling M.Ed.

Experiential learning... Outdoors!

The Patton College of Education’s Parks, Recreation, Hospitality and Tourism Program offers study away opportunities that teach students outdoor leadership skills in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest and in Costa Rica.

Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Related Professions

Latest Patton College News

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Sydney Bush is shown wearing her pageant crown and ribbon from the Hometown Hearts competition

OHIO Chillicothe student finds her voice and her vocation

June 01, 2026

Inspired by a teacher who helped her embrace her uniqueness, Sydney Bush plans to bring those same supportive qualities to her teaching practice.

The College Green is shown in the spring

Ohio University shares update on proposed plans to restructure select academic programs in compliance with the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act

June 01, 2026

These program mergers will ensure compliance with the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act (AOHEA) low degree conferral protocols.

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OHIO Honors course connects students to stewardship, history at Dysart Woods

May 27, 2026

Students from Ohio University’s Athens and Eastern campuses recently participated in an immersive Honors course at Dysart Woods focused on conservation, stewardship and experiential learning.