2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in Georgia to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Georgia
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Our 2023 rankings named Piedmont College the most popular school in Georgia for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Piedmont College is located in Demorest, Georgia and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 469 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
Piedmont College does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 88% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of West Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Georgia. University of West Georgia is a public institution located in Carrollton, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 348 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
University of West Georgia 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 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Located in Valdosta, Georgia, the fairly large public school awarded 227 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 78% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at VSU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kennesaw State University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Kennesaw State University is a large public school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 217 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 81% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at KSU Georgia. In 2019-2020 about 88% 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 Augusta University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Located in Augusta, Georgia, the medium-sized public school awarded 172 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 $21,834 in student loans. Around 78% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Augusta University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 49% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Georgia Southwestern State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. GSW is a small public school situated in Americus, Georgia. It awarded 150 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 95% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at GSW, 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 100% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #7, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. University of Georgia is a large public school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 138 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from UGA accumulate an average of $20,917 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 77% were women.
UGA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 18% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Georgia Southern University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. GaSou is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 119 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at GaSou. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Thomas University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Thomasville, Georgia, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 79 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 82% of those degree recipients were women.
TU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Georgia College & State 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 #10 on the list. Georgia College is a medium-sized public school situated in Milledgeville, Georgia. It awarded 76 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 78% were women.
Georgia College 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, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Georgia State University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the large public school handed out 40 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 93% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Georgia State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #12, Mercer University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 89% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that Mercer does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 46% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Columbus State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. CSU is a public institution located in Columbus, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that CSU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #14, Fort Valley State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Fort Valley, Georgia, the small public school handed out 14 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 86% of those degree recipients were women.
Fort Valley State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 33% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Brenau University ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Gainesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 91% were women.
One thing to take note of is that Brenau does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 56% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Albany State University landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teaching programs. Albany State is a public institution located in Albany, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 45% of those degree recipients were women.
Albany 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, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #17, University of North Georgia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Dahlonega, Georgia, the fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 56% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UNG. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Clark Atlanta University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out CAU. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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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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