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

20 Colleges
$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.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online undergraduate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found Central Georgia Technical College to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pitt Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Pitt Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Winterville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coastal Pines Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Coastal Pines Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Waycross.

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#4

Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Wheeling University is a great place for education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Wheeling University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Wheeling.

Of the 17 students majoring in education at Wheeling University, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#5

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanly Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Hudson, CCCTI is a public school with a small student population.

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Oconee Fall Line Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. OFTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Sandersville.

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#8

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

About 88% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 13% are male.

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#9

Mitchell Community College

Statesville, NC

With a ranking of #9, Mitchell Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Mitchell Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Statesville.

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With a ranking of #9, Brunswick Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Brunswick Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Bolivia.

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Explore the most popular online education schools 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 20 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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