2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 199,724 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 46 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Of the 273 students majoring in education at Capella University, 15% are male and 85% are female.
The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Of the 240 students majoring in education at Minnesota State Mankato, 14% are male and 86% are female.
Out of the 46 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Scholastica landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
About 78% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 22% are male.
The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Midland University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fremont.
Women make up 93% of the education majors at the school.
Concordia University, Saint Paul 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. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Of the 80 students majoring in education at Concordia University, Saint Paul, 38% are male and 63% are female.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.
Hamline University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 83% of the education majors at the school.
Kansas State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
Women make up 79% of the education majors at the school.
University of Kansas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate education programs. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 61 students majoring in education at KU, 10% are male and 90% are female.
Most Popular Online Education Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 2,994 |
| Missouri | 4,657 |
| Minnesota | 6,976 |
| Iowa | 1,401 |
| North Dakota | 619 |
| Nebraska | 2,838 |
| South Dakota | 453 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| 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 25 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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