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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in North Carolina with 3,759 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 57 schools in North Carolina 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.

Check out the grade specific ed basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in North Carolina.

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Technical Community College the most popular school in North Carolina 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.

Of the 159 students majoring in grade specific ed at Wake Technical Community College, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Forsyth Technical Community College is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Forsyth Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

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

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Out of the 57 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville Technical Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. FTCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

Of the 146 students majoring in grade specific ed at FTCC, 2% are male and 98% are female.

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#4

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

Out of the 57 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitt Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pitt Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Winterville.

Women make up 97% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 57 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Alamance Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Graham, ACC is a public school with a small student population.

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

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With a ranking of #6, Central Piedmont Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Of the 108 students majoring in grade specific ed at Central Piedmont Community College, 2% are male and 98% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, 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 medium-sized student population.

Of the 99 students majoring in grade specific ed at Guilford Technical Community College, 2% are male and 98% are female.

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Durham Technical Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Durham Technical Community College is a small public school located in the city of Durham.

About 99% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 1% are male.

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#9

Gaston College

Dallas, NC

Gaston 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 #9 on the list. Gaston College is a small public school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Salisbury.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,644
Tennessee 1,526
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 27 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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