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2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 66 students majoring in education at Pima County Community College District, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community Care College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, Community Care College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Yavapai College

Prescott, AZ

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Yavapai College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Prescott, Yavapai College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Grants is a great place for education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Grants, NMSU Grants is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is a great place for education students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Albuquerque, SIPI is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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#5

Panola College

Carthage, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Panola College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Panola College is a small public school located in the distant town of Carthage.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. CNM is a large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 16,265
Texas 17,614
New Mexico 1,831
Oklahoma 3,171

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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 7 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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