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Michael Zitolo will graduate from New York University this year with a major in physics and chemistry. Although friends and family have often told the 21-year-old that he could make a lot of money as a researcher for a pharmaceutical company, he wants to become a teacher.

“Although I do take the sciences, I am not talented in them. But I like to break them down and help other people so that they can understand and do great things with them,” he said.

As he wraps up his undergraduate program with a 3.95 GPA, Mr. Zitolo says he wants to enroll in a teacher-preparation program that will offer not just the opportunity for research—of which he did plenty in his undergraduate courses—but also extensive hands-on experience working inside a New...