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2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

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

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, general education students earned 117 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Georgia 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 General Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our analysis found University of Georgia to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Georgia. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

Women make up 79% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on General Education at University of Georgia

#2

Mercer University

Macon, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Macon.

Of the 20 students majoring in education at Mercer, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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#3

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Georgia Southern University is a great place for general education students working on their graduate certificate. GaSou is a very large public school located in the town of Statesboro.

Full General Education at Georgia Southern University Report

Best General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 95
Tennessee 605
North Carolina 255
Florida 622
Virginia 918
West Virginia 301
South Carolina 352
Arkansas 133
Louisiana 116
Mississippi 407
Alabama 115

General Education is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

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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