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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2 Colleges
$19,766 Avg Salary
$9,571 Avg Student Debt

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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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.

The Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for subject specific ed majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their associate degree. MCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

Of the 57 students majoring in subject specific ed at MCC, 16% are male and 84% are female.

After completing their Associate Degree, subject specific ed graduates from MCC carry an average student debtload of $13,008.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means State Fair Community College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online associate degree. Located in the town of Sedalia, State Fair Community College is a public school with a small student population.

After completing their Associate Degree, subject specific ed graduates from State Fair Community College carry an average student debtload of $14,270.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at State Fair Community College Report

Explore the most popular online teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,189
Kansas 711
Minnesota 1,158
Iowa 599
South Dakota 198
North Dakota 312
Nebraska 451

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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 2 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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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