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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

34 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, teacher education subject specific students earned 5,484 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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.

The Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in New York 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for subject specific ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#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 New York. QC is a large public school located in the large city of Queens.

Women make up 63% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#2

Lehman College

Bronx, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Lehman College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in New York. Lehman is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Bronx.

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

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#3

Hunter College

New York, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Hunter College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in New York. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 38% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#4

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Out of the 34 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Brooklyn College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 28% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 72% are male.

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#5

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

Out of the 34 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercy College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dobbs Ferry.

Women make up 77% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 75% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#7

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

Of the 10 students majoring in subject specific ed at SUNY Stony Brook, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#8

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

Adelphi 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 #8 on the list. Adelphi is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Garden City.

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

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The City College of New York 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY 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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Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in subject specific ed at Columbia, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 764
Pennsylvania 1,776
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

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 34 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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