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2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

General Education is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Southwest Region 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 General Education program at each school on the list.

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

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

About 60% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 40% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a great place for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in education at Texas A&M Kingsville, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 474
Arizona 817
Oklahoma 73
New Mexico 163

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

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 8 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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