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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

13 Colleges
$54,263 Avg Salary
$22,967 Avg Student Debt

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

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #92 most popular major in California with 1,037 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Teacher Education Subject Specific program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Saint Mary’s College of California to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education subject specific schools in California. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#4

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Mills College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mills is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.

Women make up 88% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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#6

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

Holy Names University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.

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University of Southern California ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Fresno Pacific University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, subject specific ed graduates from Fresno Pacific carry an average student debt load of $23,100.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

One of 14 majors within the area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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