Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

21 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 Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in California 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 Teacher Education Grade Specific program at each school on the list.

Check out the grade specific ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our analysis found University of California - Irvine to be the most popular school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

Women make up 76% of the grade specific ed majors at the school.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at University of California - Irvine

Out of the 21 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College of California landed the # 2 spot on the list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.

About 70% of the students majoring in grade specific ed at the school are women while 30% are male.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Saint Mary’s College of California

#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in California. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in grade specific ed at SDSU, 6% are male and 94% are female.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at San Diego State University Report

#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great place for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in grade specific ed at SFSU, 12% are male and 88% are female.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at San Francisco State University

#5

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Holy Names University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teacher education grade specific schools in California. Located in the large city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in grade specific ed at HNU, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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

Read More…

#6

American Jewish University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #6, American Jewish University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, AJU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in grade specific ed at AJU, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Read More…

#7

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Mills College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Mills is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.

Of the 2 students majoring in grade specific ed at Mills, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Mills College Report

Claremont Graduate University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Claremont Graduate University Report

#8

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

With a ranking of #8, California Lutheran University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at California Lutheran University

#8

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at University of San Francisco Report

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

Explore all the Most Popular 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 21 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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.