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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania.

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Temple University the most popular school in Pennsylvania for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in Pennsylvania. IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of Cheyney, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools 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

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 3 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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