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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree 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.

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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 Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in the Plains States Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 72% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Women make up 74% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Missouri - St Louis 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 . UMSL is a large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

About 80% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#5

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Pittsburg State University is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 118 students majoring in grade specific ed at Pitt State, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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University of Central Missouri ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 77% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

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#7

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

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University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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

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#9

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#10

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN

Augsburg University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education grade specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Augsburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 66% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 34% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Teacher Education Grade Specific students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Emporia State University Emporia, KS
12 Missouri State University - Springfield Springfield, MO

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 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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