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2023 Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Far Western US Region

24 Colleges
$54,796 Avg Salary
$22,931 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 199,724 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

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.

The Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online education programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral University the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for education students. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oregon State University is a great place for education students pursuing an online degree. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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#3

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

The excellent online programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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#4

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Anchorage is a great place for education students pursuing an online degree. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Concordia University, Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for education students. It came in at #6 on the list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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City University of Seattle did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for education students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USAHS is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the suburb of San Marcos.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

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University of Alaska Southeast came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.

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State Degrees Awarded
California 17,606
Washington 2,740
Oregon 3,137
Nevada 702
Hawaii 401
Alaska 259

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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 24 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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