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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

19 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 9,682 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in Minnesota 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in Minnesota for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large 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 small 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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#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Hamline University is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the 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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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The College of Saint Scholastica is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. 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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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 77% of the education majors at the school.

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Concordia University, Saint Paul came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 80 students majoring in education at Concordia University, Saint Paul, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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#8

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

Of the 69 students majoring in education at St. Cloud State University, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Moorhead.

Women make up 73% of the education majors at the school.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
Missouri 7,906
Nebraska 4,167
North Dakota 1,291

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 19 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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