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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate 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.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our analysis found Oregon State University to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Of the 148 students majoring in subject specific ed at Oregon State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Mary’s College of California is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 29 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very 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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#5

Mills College

Oakland, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mills College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Mills is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.

Women make up 88% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in subject specific ed at UAA, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

Women make up 67% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Alaska Southeast did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

Women make up 40% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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University of California - Davis ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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#10

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR

Bushnell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Eugene, Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in subject specific ed at Bushnell University, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
California 1,037
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

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 29 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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