2023 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
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General Education is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
The Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 58% of the education majors at the school.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Union College Kentucky is a great place for general education students working on their online graduate certificate. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Barbourville.
Women make up 63% of the education majors at the school.
The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.
Of the 11 students majoring in education at Southern Miss, 18% are male and 82% are female.
Out of the 10 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Florence.
Women make up 78% of the education majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 5 students majoring in education at NUS Florida, 20% are male and 80% are female.
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Liberty University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 3 students majoring in education at Liberty University, 67% are male and 33% are female.
North Carolina State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate general education programs. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
With a ranking of #7, Saint Leo University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students working on their online graduate certificate. St. Leo University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Saint Leo.
American Public University System ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Most Popular Online General Education Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online general education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Virginia | 864 |
Florida | 407 |
Georgia | 106 |
North Carolina | 144 |
Tennessee | 309 |
Kentucky | 87 |
Louisiana | 77 |
Alabama | 115 |
South Carolina | 286 |
Mississippi | 276 |
Arkansas | 51 |
West Virginia | 230 |
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General Education Related Majors
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Educational Administration | 45,458 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
Special Education | 25,158 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 10 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 KOKUYO.
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