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

14 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Northeastern State University to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 14% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 89% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU 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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#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 14 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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

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Sam Houston State 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 #6 on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #8, University of Arizona 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 Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Dallas Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. DBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,553
Texas 927
New Mexico 289
Oklahoma 583

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 14 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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