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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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$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 the United States with 10,661 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named The College of Saint Scholastica the most popular school in the Plains States Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 68% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 30 students majoring in grade specific ed at Iowa, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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#4

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bethel University Minnesota is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 88% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in the Plains States Region . Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

Of the 24 students majoring in grade specific ed at Creighton, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #6, Capella 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 Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 83% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#7

Avila University

Kansas City, MO

Avila University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Avila is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

Women make up 76% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Women make up 75% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in grade specific ed at North Dakota State University, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Women make up 71% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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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 Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,622
Kansas 1,769
Minnesota 2,595
Iowa 1,604
South Dakota 406
North Dakota 490
Nebraska 956

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education grade specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Grade Specific Ed Focus Areas

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 32 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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