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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

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

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was the most popular one in Oregon. In total, 3,137 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Oregon.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Oregon to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Portland State University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Oregon. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 429 students majoring in education at Portland State University, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Out of the 12 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 409 students majoring in education at UO, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oregon State University is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Of the 403 students majoring in education at Oregon State, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Out of the 12 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.

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#5

University of Portland

Portland, OR

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Portland is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in education at University of Portland, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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#6

Corban University

Salem, OR

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

Of the 22 students majoring in education at Corban, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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Western Oregon University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.

About 88% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 13% are male.

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#8

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR

Bushnell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in education at Bushnell University, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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#9

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

Lewis & Clark College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

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#10

Multnomah University

Portland, OR

Multnomah University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Multnomah University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

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Best Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

Majors Similar 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 12 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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