2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best school in Missouri for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Mizzou. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Northwest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
UMSL does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. 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.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Webster University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Webster does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 61% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Kansas City is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
UMKC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 66% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Avila University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
Avila does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 89% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Central Missouri came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UCM. In 2019-2020 about 46% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
Missouri State does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Southeast Missouri State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
Southeast Missouri State University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Lindenwood University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Lindenwood University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
Missouri Western State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Missouri Western. In 2019-2020 about 84% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Missouri Baptist University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that MBU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 73% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Southwest Baptist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #13 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Southwest Baptist University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 47% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Drury University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Drury University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #15, Lincoln University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at LU Missouri. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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