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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

20 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 ranked 2nd in New Jersey. In fact, 3,752 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 2023 rankings named The College of New Jersey the most popular school in New Jersey for education students working on their graduate certificate. TCNJ is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Ewing.

Of the 110 students majoring in education at TCNJ, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#2

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Out of the 20 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.

About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Of the 63 students majoring in education at Montclair State, 5% are male and 95% are female.

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#4

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seton Hall University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in education at Seton Hall, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, NJ

College of Saint Elizabeth came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. CSE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Morristown.

Of the 11 students majoring in education at CSE, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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#7

Drew University

Madison, NJ

With a ranking of #7, Drew University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Madison, Drew is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#8

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

Monmouth University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of West Long Branch, Monmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Thomas Edison State 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 #9 on the list. TESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Trenton.

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

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#10

Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, NJ

With a ranking of #10, Saint Peter’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Peter's College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jersey City.

Of the 4 students majoring in education at Saint Peter's College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Best Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 18,389
Pennsylvania 7,877
Maryland 3,634
District of Columbia 816
Delaware 739

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 20 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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