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

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

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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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 78 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Teacher Education Grade Specific program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for grade specific ed majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Florida the most popular school in the Southeast Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

About 98% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 2% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wake Technical Community College is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 96% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 78 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Forsyth Technical Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Forsyth Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

Of the 148 students majoring in grade specific ed at Forsyth Tech, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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Out of the 78 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. FTCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

Women make up 98% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#5

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

Out of the 78 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitt Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Pitt Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Winterville.

About 97% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 3% are male.

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Alamance Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Graham, ACC is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 126 students majoring in grade specific ed at ACC, 2% are male and 98% are female.

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Central Piedmont Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Women make up 98% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, Guilford Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 98% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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Durham Technical Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Durham Technical Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Durham.

Of the 90 students majoring in grade specific ed at Durham Technical Community College, 1% are male and 99% are female.

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#10

Gaston College

Dallas, NC

Gaston College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Gaston College is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Dallas.

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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education grade specific students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Salisbury.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Teacher Education Grade Specific students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson, NC
13 Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC
14 Southwestern Community College Sylva, NC
15 Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC

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 25 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 Vgrigas.

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