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2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

9 Schools Ranked
$16,032 Avg Student Debt

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Tennessee to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
72 Total Awards
$10,908 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Memphis the most popular school in Tennessee for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. University of Memphis is a large public school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 72 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Carson - Newman University

Jefferson City, Tennessee
47 Total Awards
$9,632 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Carson - Newman University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Carson - Newman is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 68% were women.

Around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee
34 Total Awards
$11,585 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 9 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Trevecca Nazarene University landed the # 3 spot on the list. TNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 34 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 66% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee
13 Total Awards
$11,666 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Union University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Jackson, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 77% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#5

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee
35 Total Awards
$11,762 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 9 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Tennessee Technological University is a medium-sized public school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 35 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#6

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee
68 Total Awards
$16,032 Avg Student Debt

Lipscomb University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 68 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $16,032 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 82% were women.

Around 31% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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6 Total Awards
$13,380 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, the large public school handed out 6 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 36% took at least some of their classes online.

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#7

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, Tennessee
8 Total Awards
$9,841 Average Tuition & Fees

Austin Peay State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Clarksville, Tennessee, the medium-sized public school handed out 8 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#9

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee
$10,732 Average Tuition & Fees

Tennessee State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs.

Around 41% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

References

  • 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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