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

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Finding the Best General Education Basic Certificate School for You

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Education program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College the most popular school in the Plains States Region for general education students working on their basic certificate. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Cloquet.

Read full report on General Education at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri University of Science and Technology the most popular school in the Plains States Region for general education students working on their basic certificate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Read full report on General Education at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#1

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Our analysis found Ridgewater College to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Plains States Region . Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the town of Willmar.

Full General Education at Ridgewater College Report

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges 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

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 3 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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