2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan
It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in Michigan to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan
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Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular school in Michigan for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 82 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Michigan State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Michigan. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 72 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that Wayne State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 65 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that Eastern Michigan does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 93% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 78% were women.
Oakland does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Michigan. Central Michigan is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 74% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Central Michigan. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Saginaw Valley State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. University Center, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Around 79% of those degree recipients were women.
Saginaw Valley 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
Davenport University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 55% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Davenport University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Western Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
One thing to take note of is that WMU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Graduate Certificate recipients from U-M accumulate an average of $20,014 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
One thing to take note of is that U-M does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #9, Northern Michigan University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
Northern Michigan University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Andrews University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Andrews is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Berrien Springs, Michigan. It awarded 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Andrews. 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.
Adrian College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #12 on the list. Adrian is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Adrian. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #12, Baker College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Owosso, Michigan, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $46,807 in student loans. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that Baker College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
Grand Valley State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Allendale, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at GVSU. In fact, around 73% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #15, Ferris State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Ferris is a public institution located in Big Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Ferris 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, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UM Dearborn does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Michigan Technological University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #16 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Michigan Tech. In 2019-2020 about 30% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Madonna University ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Madonna. In 2019-2020 about 69% 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 18 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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