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2023 Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

6 Colleges
$21,471 Avg Salary
$16,716 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Undergraduate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Education

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - North Dakota to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Fargo.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Alexandria Technical & Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . ATCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Alexandria.

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#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - Kansas is a great place for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Missouri Southern State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education colleges 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

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

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 6 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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