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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

5 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 1,105 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Kentucky 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 Kentucky.

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Our analysis found University of Louisville to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kentucky. UofL is a very large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

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

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Kentucky University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. NKU is a large public school located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.

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

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Women make up 50% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Western Kentucky University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in Kentucky. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in Kentucky. Murray State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Murray.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Tennessee 421
North Carolina 904
Florida 1,534
Georgia 1,327
Virginia 1,393
West Virginia 309
South Carolina 596
Arkansas 825
Louisiana 694
Mississippi 616
Alabama 722

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 5 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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