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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

16 Colleges
$54,263 Avg Salary
$22,967 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate 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.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the subject specific ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Mary’s College of California the best school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Anchorage is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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#5

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Out of the 16 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mills College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mills is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

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With a ranking of #7, Eastern Washington University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Portland

Portland, OR

University of Portland ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Alaska Southeast did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.

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#10

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

With a ranking of #10, Lewis & Clark College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

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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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
California 1,037
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

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 16 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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