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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 110,226 degrees and certificates were awarded to teacher education grade specific students, making the major the most popular in the country.

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The Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Stanly Community College the best school in the Southeast Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Rasmussen University - Florida helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education grade specific schools in the Southeast Region . Rasmussen University - Florida is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Central Piedmont Community College is a large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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#4

Gaston College

Dallas, NC

Out of the 19 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gaston College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Gaston College is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Dallas.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Haywood Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Haywood Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Clyde.

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Louisiana State University - Alexandria came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana State University - Alexandria is a small public school located in the rural area of Alexandria.

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Fayetteville Technical Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. FTCC is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

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With a ranking of #9, Vance-Granville Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Vance-Granville Community College is a small public school located in the town of Henderson.

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Guilford Technical Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,644
Tennessee 1,526
North Carolina 3,759
Georgia 4,845
Florida 3,339
Virginia 1,857
West Virginia 533
South Carolina 1,615
Arkansas 1,727
Louisiana 780
Mississippi 1,592
Alabama 2,521

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Grade Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 43,003
Early Childhood Education 32,920
Secondary Education 10,547
Teacher Education 9,949
Teacher Development & Methodology 6,165
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3,517
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 2,450
Adult & Continuing Education 1,074
Montessori Teacher Education 252
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods 140
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching 105
Online Educator/Online Teaching 79
International Teaching and Learning 25

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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