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Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

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

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 441 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island 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.

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

Our analysis found Johnson & Wales University - Providence to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island. JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Women make up 71% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Out of the 4 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 2 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

Of the 13 students majoring in education at URI, 15% are male and 85% are female.

Read full report on Education at University of Rhode Island

#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence.

About 63% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 38% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Johnson & Wales University - Online helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in Rhode Island. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

Read full report on Education at Johnson & Wales University - Online

Best Education Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 6,799
Connecticut 2,205
New Hampshire 1,299
Maine 771
Vermont 337

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 4 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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