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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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$16,992 Avg Salary
$10,670 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Undergraduate 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri Southern State University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.

About 50% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#2

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Hennepin Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. North Hennepin Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

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

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#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Dakota is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Community and Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Mason City, LaJames College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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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 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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