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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

11 Colleges
$47,501 Avg Salary
$19,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the grade specific ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University - Main Campus the best school in the Southwest Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the # 5 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

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With a ranking of #6, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the town of Socorro.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Central Oklahoma ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 4,681
Arizona 6,189
Oklahoma 1,268
New Mexico 782

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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