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

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate School for You

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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Teacher Education Subject Specific program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Bowling Green State University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.

About 98% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 2% are male.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Stout helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 30 students majoring in subject specific ed at UW - Stout, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Grand Valley State University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. GVSU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

About 74% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 26% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

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

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in subject specific ed at UW - Stevens Point, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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#6

University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande, OH

University of Rio Grande came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Rio Grande, University of Rio Grande is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 69% are male.

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#6

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Ivy Tech Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

About 38% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 62% are male.

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College for Creative Studies landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. CCS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.

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

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With a ranking of #8, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 33% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools 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

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 18 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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