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

18 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Far Western US 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#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 working on their graduate certificate. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

About 76% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 24% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Alaska Anchorage helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#3

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Out of the 18 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Out of the 18 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, City University of Seattle landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 19% are male.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Of the 17 students majoring in education at Brandman, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairbanks.

About 73% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 27% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Alaska Southeast did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online graduate certificate. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

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

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Eastern Washington University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.

About 62% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Alliant International University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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

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Explore the most popular online education colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

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 18 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.

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