2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
Finding the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, education students earned 9,682 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Minnesota 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.
2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in Minnesota for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large 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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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Minnesota. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small 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 Minnesota. 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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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Saint Paul helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Minnesota. Located in the large 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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Hamline University landed the #6 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 school with a small student population.
Women make up 83% of the education majors at the school.
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Minnesota State University - Moorhead 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. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.
Women make up 73% of the education majors at the school.
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Bethel University Minnesota came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 87% of the education majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #9, St Catherine University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
Of the 19 students majoring in education at St. Kate's, 5% are male and 95% are female.
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With a ranking of #10, Saint Cloud State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.
Of the 69 students majoring in education at St. Cloud State University, 22% are male and 78% are female.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 17 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.