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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

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

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 924 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in West Virginia 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.

Check out the online education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in West Virginia.

#1

Salem University

Salem, WV

Our analysis found Salem University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in West Virginia. Salem is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Salem.

Of the 29 students majoring in education at Salem, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Fairmont State is a small public school located in the town of Fairmont.

Of the 6 students majoring in education at Fairmont State, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Read full report on Education at Fairmont State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 17% are male.

Read full report on Education at American Public University System

Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Colleges 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
South Carolina 2,297
Louisiana 1,732
Kentucky 3,387
Arkansas 3,395
Alabama 3,231

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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 3 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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