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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools

60 Colleges
$21,684 Avg Salary
$17,439 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in the United States with 110,226 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 60 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for grade specific ed majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle Pacific University the best school in the United States for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanly Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 60 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Illinois landed the # 4 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Rockford.

The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at Rasmussen University - Illinois take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $16,772.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rasmussen University - Florida. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Rasmussen University - Florida is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Ocala.

On average, grade specific ed graduates from Rasmussen University - Florida take out $16,772 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Spokane Falls Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Fox Valley Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Pima Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Teacher Education Grade Specific students that almost earned our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Front Range Community College Westminster, CO
12 University of Redlands Redlands, CA

Teacher Education Grade Specific by Region

View the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

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 25 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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