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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

6 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 3,387 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisville the best school in Kentucky for education students working on their graduate certificate. UofL is a very large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

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#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 2 spot on the list. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

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#4

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Union College Kentucky helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Kentucky. Located in the remote town of Barbourville, Union College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Kentucky. Murray State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Murray.

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Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 2,371
Florida 5,192
Virginia 7,400
Tennessee 3,386
North Carolina 4,150
Georgia 6,283
West Virginia 924
Louisiana 1,732
South Carolina 2,297
Arkansas 3,395
Alabama 3,231

Education Majors to Study

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
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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