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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

11 Colleges
$54,263 Avg Salary
$22,967 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.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our 2023 rankings named Viterbo University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse.

About 97% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#2

American College of Education

Indianapolis, IN

Out of the 11 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American College of Education landed the # 2 spot on the list. American College of Education is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Indianapolis.

About 67% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 33% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 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 . RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of North Chicago.

About 86% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 11 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Of the 7 students majoring in subject specific ed at Ball State, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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#5

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais.

Women make up 60% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Western Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

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#7

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

With a ranking of #7, Concordia University, Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #8, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Baldwin Wallace University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#10

Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

Chicago State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. CSU is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 11 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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