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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

In 2020-2021, 43,297 teacher education subject specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for subject specific ed majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Stout the best school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Viterbo University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse.

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Grand Valley State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

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University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Ivy Tech Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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#9

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

Madonna University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia.

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Kent State University at Kent did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
Indiana 1,703
Michigan 1,338
Wisconsin 913

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

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Aparajita Datta.

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