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2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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, 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 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 General Education program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Southwest Region for general education students working on their graduate certificate. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

About 60% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 40% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in education at Texas A&M Kingsville, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of St. Thomas is a great place for general education students working on their graduate certificate. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
Texas 1,639
New Mexico 219
Oklahoma 234

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 8 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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