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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 66 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Saint Paul the most popular school in the Plains States Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 10% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Emporia State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in the Plains States Region . ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Emporia.

Of the 70 students majoring in subject specific ed at ESU, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Out of the 66 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Maryville.

Women make up 92% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 56 students majoring in subject specific ed at KU, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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#6

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

Truman State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Truman State is a small public school located in the town of Kirksville.

Women make up 57% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#7

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 85% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 15% are male.

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Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

About 98% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 2% are male.

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Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in subject specific ed at Concordia University, Nebraska, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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#8

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

Pittsburg State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in subject specific ed at Pitt State, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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#8

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Lindenwood University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Charles.

About 93% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 7% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
12 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
13 Fort Hays State University Hays, KS

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,189
Kansas 711
Minnesota 1,158
Iowa 599
South Dakota 198
North Dakota 312
Nebraska 451

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 26 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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