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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 95 schools in the Southeast 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

Women make up 70% of the education majors at the school.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Out of the 95 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 79% of the education majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great place for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 437 students majoring in education at UNC Charlotte, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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#4

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

Out of the 95 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of West Georgia is a large public school located in the fringe town of Carrollton.

Women make up 87% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 95 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Valdosta, VSU is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 78% of the education majors at the school.

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#6

University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

With a ranking of #6, University of West Alabama did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Livingston, University of West Alabama is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 89% of the education majors at the school.

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#7

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

With a ranking of #7, Augusta University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 78% of the education majors at the school.

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Kennesaw State University 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 #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 81% of the education majors at the school.

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#9

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

Women make up 85% of the education majors at the school.

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#10

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Belhaven University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 98 students majoring in education at Belhaven, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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#11

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University 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 #11 on the list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 88% of the education majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #11, Appalachian State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

Of the 196 students majoring in education at Appalachian State, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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#13

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. GaSou is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.

Women make up 85% of the education majors at the school.

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#14

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
15 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL
16 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
16 East Carolina University Greenville, NC
18 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
19 Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA

Explore the most popular online education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 7,730
West Virginia 1,515
South Carolina 3,980
Florida 10,069
Virginia 9,522
Arkansas 4,954
Mississippi 4,219
Louisiana 2,977
Alabama 5,059
Kentucky 5,329
Georgia 9,722
Tennessee 5,194

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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

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.

  • 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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