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2023 Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Finding the Best Education Undergraduate 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.

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 Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the Plains States 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Minnesota the most popular school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 97% of the education majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

About 68% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 32% are male.

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#3

South Central College

North Mankato, MN

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at South Central College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Plains States Region . South Central College is a small public school located in the small suburb of North Mankato.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - North Dakota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Iowa Area Community College is a great place for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. North Iowa Area Community College is a small public school located in the town of Mason City.

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#6

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

North Hennepin Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. North Hennepin Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

About 67% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Rasmussen University - Kansas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate education programs. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Bethany Global University

Bloomington, MN

Bethany Global University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate education programs. Located in the city of Bloomington, BGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Minnesota State College Southeast ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSC Southeast is a small public school located in the town of Winona.

About 50% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#9

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education colleges 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

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 24 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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