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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best 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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 74 schools in the Plains States Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 273 students majoring in education at Capella University, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. 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.

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#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Hamline University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the 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.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Of the 121 students majoring in education at Missouri State, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 22% are male.

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. 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.

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With a ranking of #8, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 77% of the education majors at the school.

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#9

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

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

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#9

Midland University

Fremont, NE

With a ranking of #9, Midland University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. 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.

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#11

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Lindenwood University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.

Women make up 69% of the education majors at the school.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Concordia University, Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN
13 University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO
14 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS

Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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