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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

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

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 7,906 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

The Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in Missouri 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.

Check out the online education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Missouri.

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Missouri. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 101 students majoring in education at Mizzou, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Missouri. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 49 students majoring in education at UMSL, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwest Missouri State University is a great place for education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 51 students majoring in education at Northwest, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great place for education students working on their online graduate certificate. UCM is a large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

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

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Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 85% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 15% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

About 71% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#8

Missouri Baptist University

Saint Louis, MO

Missouri Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. MBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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Missouri Western State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the small city of Saint Joseph, Missouri Western is a public college with a small student population.

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Maryville University of Saint Louis ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Minnesota 9,682
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
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

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 11 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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