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2023 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

6 Colleges
$47,664 Avg Salary
$26,812 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 29,810 general education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

About 81% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 19% are male.

Full General Education at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great place for general education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#4

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the # 4 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

Full General Education at Minnesota State University - Moorhead Report

#4

Midland University

Fremont, NE

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midland University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fremont.

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Explore the most popular online general education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 493
Kansas 373
Minnesota 2,028
Iowa 226
South Dakota 88
North Dakota 24
Nebraska 59

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One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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