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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

With 43,297 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 76 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

#1

Queens College

Queens, NY

Our analysis found Queens College to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Queens, QC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 37% are male.

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#2

Lehman College

Bronx, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lehman College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Bronx, Lehman is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 35 students majoring in subject specific ed at Lehman, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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#3

Hunter College

New York, NY

Out of the 76 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small suburb of California, Cal U is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#5

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Brooklyn College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Brooklyn College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

Of the 18 students majoring in subject specific ed at Brooklyn College, 72% are male and 28% are female.

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#6

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

Mercy College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the suburb of Dobbs Ferry, Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 77% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 23% are male.

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#6

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, PA

Messiah University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 46% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#8

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #8, New York University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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

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#9

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in subject specific ed at Rider, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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#9

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#11

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

About 89% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#11

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

Adelphi University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Garden City, Adelphi is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized 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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The City College of New York ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CCNY is a large public school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 9 students majoring in subject specific ed at CCNY, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#11

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

About 89% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 11% are male.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
15 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 764
Pennsylvania 1,776
New York 5,484
Maryland 576
District of Columbia 29
Delaware 122

Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas

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 25 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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