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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Education is the most popular major in Arizona with 12,019 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Arizona 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular school in Arizona for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 87 students majoring in education at Grand Canyon University, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in Arizona. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 73% of the education majors at the school.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 7 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Women make up 81% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in education at UOPX - Arizona, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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#6

Prescott College

Prescott, AZ

Prescott College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. Prescot College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Prescott.

Of the 9 students majoring in education at Prescot College, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Of the 7 students majoring in education at ASU - Tempe, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Best Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 11,415
Oklahoma 1,574
New Mexico 904

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 7 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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