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

5 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the remote town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,553
Texas 927
New Mexico 289
Oklahoma 583

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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 5 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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