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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota

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Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 619 degrees and certificates from a North Dakota school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in North Dakota 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

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Dakota. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

Of the 24 students majoring in education at UND, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#2

Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Valley City State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in North Dakota. Valley City State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Valley City.

Of the 16 students majoring in education at Valley City State University, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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Out of the 7 schools in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in education at North Dakota State University, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Read full report on Education at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Out of the 7 schools in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minot State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. MSU is a small public school located in the remote town of Minot.

Women make up 50% of the education majors at the school.

Full Education at Minot State University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Mayville State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in North Dakota. Located in the rural area of Mayville, Mayville State University is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Education at Mayville State University

#6

University of Mary

Bismarck, ND

University of Mary landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Located in the rural area of Bismarck, UMary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Sitting Bull College

Fort Yates, ND

Sitting Bull College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota list. Sitting Bull College is a fairly small public school located in the remote area of Fort Yates.

Read full report on Education at Sitting Bull College

Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,994
Missouri 4,657
Minnesota 6,976
Iowa 1,401
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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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