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2023 Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 19,832 curriculum and instruction students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

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The Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Curriculum & Instruction program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK

Our analysis found Mid-America Christian University to be the most popular school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in curriculum at Texas Tech, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in curriculum at OSU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

Women make up 50% of the curriculum majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Northeastern State University

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Dallas Baptist University is a great place for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Dallas, DBU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges by State

Explore the best curriculum and instruction schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 561
Texas 2,013
New Mexico 50
Oklahoma 59

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Curriculum Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Disarnot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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