2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Basic Certificate Schools
Finding the Most Popular Online Special Education Basic Certificate School for You
With 36,792 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, special education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
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 Special Education Basic Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which online basic 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.
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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Basic Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for special ed majors pursuing an online basic certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Special Education Basic Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Bowling Green State University - Main Campus the most popular online school in the United States for special education students working on their basic certificate. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.
About 95% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 5% are male.
Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Alliant International University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Women make up 63% of the special ed majors at the school.
Read full report on Special Education at Alliant International University
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American College of Education is a great place for special education students working on their online basic certificate. American College of Education is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
About 83% of the students majoring in special ed at the school are women while 17% are male.
Read full report on Special Education at American College of Education
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for special education students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 94% of the special ed majors at the school.
Full Special Education at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbellsville University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Basic Certificate Schools list. Campbellsville University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Campbellsville.
Women make up 69% of the special ed majors at the school.
Read full report on Special Education at Campbellsville University
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a great place for special education students working on their online basic certificate. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods.
Of the 13 students majoring in special ed at SMWC, 23% are male and 77% are female.
With a ranking of #7, Ball State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students working on their online basic certificate. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.
Women make up 86% of the special ed majors at the school.
Pima Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for special education students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.
Women make up 67% of the special ed majors at the school.
Read full report on Special Education at Pima Community College
With a ranking of #9, NHTI-Concord’s Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for special education students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the town of Concord, NHTI is a public college with a small student population.
Read full report on Special Education at NHTI-Concord’s Community College
Louisiana State University - Alexandria did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for special education students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the rural area of Alexandria, Louisiana State University - Alexandria is a public school with a small student population.
Read full report on Special Education at Louisiana State University - Alexandria
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Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Special Ed Focus Areas
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
Educational Administration | 46,469 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
General Education | 29,810 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 15 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 woodleywonderworks.
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