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2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$21,471 Avg Salary
$16,716 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online undergraduate certificate programs 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found Northeast Wisconsin Technical College to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 45 students majoring in education at NWTC, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - Illinois. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Rockford.

About 96% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 4% are male.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Northcentral Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods, SMWC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in education at SMWC, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Wright State University - Main Campus is a great place for education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

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Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 11,570
Michigan 5,939
Ohio 9,238
Illinois 10,567
Wisconsin 5,792

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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 5 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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