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2023 Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 614 degrees and certificates were awarded to curriculum and instruction students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #41 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 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 Curriculum & Instruction program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Vanguard University of Southern California to be the most popular school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Vanguard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Costa Mesa.

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

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular curriculum and instruction schools in California. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Of the 19 students majoring in curriculum at CSULB, 21% are male and 79% are female.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at California State University - Long Beach

#3

La Sierra University

Riverside, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at La Sierra University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular curriculum and instruction schools in California. Located in the large city of Riverside, La Sierra is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in curriculum at La Sierra, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at La Sierra University Report

#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at San Francisco State University

#4

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Redlands is a great place for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at University of Redlands

Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 180
Oregon 58
Nevada 188
Hawaii 66

One of 14 majors within the area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Disarnot.

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