2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 73 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.
About 79% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 21% are male.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.
The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Central Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Of the 135 students majoring in education at CCSU, 24% are male and 76% are female.
Read full report on Education at Central Connecticut State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Worcester State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Worcester.
Of the 115 students majoring in education at Worcester State, 14% are male and 86% are female.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American International College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Springfield, AIC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Of the 106 students majoring in education at AIC, 22% are male and 78% are female.
Salem State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Salem.
About 88% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 12% are male.
University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 74% of the education majors at the school.
Read full report on Education at University of Massachusetts - Boston
University of New England ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford.
About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.
Sacred Heart University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
About 68% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 32% are male.
Quinnipiac University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.
About 84% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 16% are male.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Education students in the New England Region that almost earned our Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Plymouth State University | Plymouth, NH |
| 11 | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven, CT |
| 13 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA |
| 13 | University of Maine | Orono, ME |
Best Education Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1,775 |
| Maine | 1,282 |
| Rhode Island | 926 |
| Massachusetts | 8,936 |
| Connecticut | 2,995 |
| Vermont | 638 |
Education Related Majors
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 25 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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