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

22 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Southeast 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 94% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. VSU is a large public school located in the small city of Valdosta.

Women make up 32% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#3

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Augusta University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Augusta.

Women make up 85% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, subject specific ed graduates from Augusta University carry an average student debtload of $21,834.

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Out of the 22 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a large student population.

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#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

McNeese State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Radford University

Radford, VA

With a ranking of #7, Radford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.

About 75% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#7

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Women make up 43% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#9

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 43% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,105
Tennessee 421
North Carolina 904
Georgia 1,327
Florida 1,534
Virginia 1,393
West Virginia 309
South Carolina 596
Arkansas 825
Louisiana 694
Mississippi 616
Alabama 722

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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 22 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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