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Basic Certificate in General Education

Basic Certificates in General Education

681 Yearly Graduations
71% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 41% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.9% of education graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Education Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 681 people earned their basic certificate in education. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in education at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 14,076
Bachelor’s Degree 6,922
Doctor’s Degree 2,501
Associate Degree 1,987
Graduate Certificate 1,248
Basic Certificate 681
Undergraduate Certificate 430

Earnings of Education Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for education students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in education. About 71.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 196
Women 485
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The racial-ethnic distribution of education basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 42
Black or African American 30
Hispanic or Latino 167
White 350
International Students 20
Other Races/Ethnicities 72
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to education that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific 6,391
Special Education 1,506
Teaching Assistant/Aide 1,506
Teacher Education Subject Specific 683
Teaching English or French 565

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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