2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama
It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama
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Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the best school in Alabama for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Auburn. During the 2019-2020 year, about 35% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 9 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Alabama landed the # 2 spot on the list.
One thing to take note of is that University of West Alabama does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UAB. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.
Online graduate courses are available at UNA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Alabama.
UA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, Troy University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at TROY, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Jacksonville State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.
Jacksonville State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 93% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Montevallo came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Montevallo, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 86% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Auburn University at Montgomery did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at AUM, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 77% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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