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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

Our analysis found Sacred Heart University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

About 68% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 32% are male.

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#1

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of New England the most popular online school in the New England Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, ME

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for education students working on their online graduate certificate. UMaine is a large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

Of the 66 students majoring in education at UMaine, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#5

Granite State College

Concord, NH

Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 44 students majoring in education at GSC, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 32 students majoring in education at UMass Amherst, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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Southern New Hampshire University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

About 79% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 21% are male.

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#8

Landmark College

Putney, VT

Landmark College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the rural area of Putney, Landmark College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in education at Landmark College, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#9

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

Norwich University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Northfield.

Of the 7 students majoring in education at Norwich, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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#10

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
Connecticut 2,995
Vermont 638

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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 24 schools only.

  • 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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