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Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 2,028 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Minnesota to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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.

Out of the 7 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 57% of the education majors at the school.

Full General Education at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Winona State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in Minnesota. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 86% of the education majors at the school.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in Minnesota. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Full General Education at Minnesota State University - Moorhead Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a great place for general education students working on their graduate certificate. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.

Full General Education at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report

#5

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 7 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the # 5 spot on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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