2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
Today's 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 59 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for 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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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Valley City State University the best school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. Valley City State University is a small public school located in the town of Valley City.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Orange City, NWC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bethel University Minnesota is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Minot State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . MSU is a small public school located in the town of Minot.
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Winona State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate education programs. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.
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Mayville State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the remote area of Mayville, Mayville State University is a public school with a small student population.
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Midland University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fremont.
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University of North Dakota ranked #9 on this year’s Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
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St Catherine University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate education programs. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
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Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
| Student Counseling | 13,858 |
| Instructional Media Design | 8,695 |
| Teaching English or French | 5,791 |
| Other Education | 4,858 |
| Teaching Assistants | 2,751 |
| Educational Assessment | 2,552 |
| Multilingual Education | 1,910 |
| Education Philosophy | 737 |
| International Education | 293 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.
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