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2023 Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

44 Colleges
$21,471 Avg Salary
$16,716 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Undergraduate 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.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate 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.

Check out the education undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the most popular school in the Southwest Region for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the 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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#2

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lone Star College System is a great place for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 53% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 48% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great place for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

Of the 33 students majoring in education at NAU, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great place for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#5

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, AZ

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Central Arizona College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Southwest Region . Pinal County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Coolidge.

Women make up 96% of the education majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of McAlester, KTC McAlester is a public school with a fairly small student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 7% are male.

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Gordon Cooper Technology Center came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a fairly small public school located in the town of Shawnee.

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Glendale Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Glendale Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Glendale.

About 91% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 9% are male.

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Autry Technology Center came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Enid, Autry Technology Center is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Community Care College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate education programs. Located in the large city of Tulsa, Community Care College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 26 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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