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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

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.

The Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 46 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 273 students majoring in education at Capella University, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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Out of the 46 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 2 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Of the 240 students majoring in education at Minnesota State Mankato, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at The College of Saint Scholastica helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#5

Midland University

Fremont, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midland University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fremont.

Women make up 93% of the education majors at the school.

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Concordia University, Saint Paul 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 80 students majoring in education at Concordia University, Saint Paul, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.

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#8

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 83% of the education majors at the school.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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

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#10

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 61 students majoring in education at KU, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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Explore the most popular online 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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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.

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