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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

10 Colleges
$47,501 Avg Salary
$19,426 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate School for You

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the #11 most popular major in California with 2,635 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for grade specific ed majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Claremont Graduate University the best school in California for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s College of California. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Irvine is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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#4

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Lutheran University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#6

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Mills College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Mills is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.

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#7

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #8, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

Holy Names University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Grade Specific Ed majors at HNU take out an average of $18,972 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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Antioch University - Santa Barbara did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Antioch University - Santa Barbara is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Santa Barbara.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,210
Oregon 1,528
Nevada 94
Hawaii 135
Alaska 84

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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