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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

3 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 3,392 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which 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 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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Iowa Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Out of the 3 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Minnesota 9,682
South Dakota 1,045
Missouri 7,906
Nebraska 4,167
North Dakota 1,291

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

Majors Similar 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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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