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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online basic certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online subject specific ed basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the Plains States Region . Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.

Of the 64 students majoring in subject specific ed at Western Iowa Tech Community College, 66% are male and 34% are female.

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Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valley City State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Valley City State University is a small public school located in the town of Valley City.

Of the 62 students majoring in subject specific ed at Valley City State University, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Iowa Area Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. North Iowa Area Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Mason City.

About 48% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 52% are male.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at North Iowa Area 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 3 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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