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2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

In 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific students earned 1,776 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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 Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Pennsylvania to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the most popular online school in Pennsylvania for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

About 64% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#3

Gannon University

Erie, PA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Gannon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the small city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Edinboro is a small public school located in the fringe town of Edinboro.

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#6

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carlow University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Carlow is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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#7

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

Lebanon Valley College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. LVC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Annville.

Women make up 50% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Millersville University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Millersville is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Millersville.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 764
New York 5,484
Maryland 576
District of Columbia 29
Delaware 122

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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 8 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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