2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 74 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 15% Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 273 students majoring in education at Capella University, 15% are male and 85% are female.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.
Of the 240 students majoring in education at Minnesota State Mankato, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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Out of the 74 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 83% of the education majors at the school.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.
Of the 121 students majoring in education at Missouri State, 15% are male and 85% are female.
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The College of Saint Scholastica landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Located in the small city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
About 78% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 22% are male.
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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.
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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 77% of the education majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #9, Midland University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fremont.
Women make up 93% of the education majors at the school.
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Creighton University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.
Women make up 71% of the education majors at the school.
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Lindenwood University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.
Women make up 69% of the education majors at the school.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Concordia University, Saint Paul | Saint Paul, MN |
| 13 | University of Central Missouri | Warrensburg, MO |
| 14 | Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS |
Best Education Colleges by State
Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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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