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

10 Colleges
$47,501 Avg Salary
$19,426 Avg Student Debt

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

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the most popular school in North Carolina for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 81% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 10 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 35% are male.

While working on their Graduate Certificate, grade specific ed majors at Duke accumulate an average of around $15,440 in student debt.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in North Carolina. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Women make up 70% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in North Carolina. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Boone.

About 67% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 33% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 78% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Greensboro College

Greensboro, NC

Greensboro College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, Greensboro College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. UNCW is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

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With a ranking of #9, Western Carolina University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, North Carolina A & T State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools 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 10 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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