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2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

16 Colleges
$54,263 Avg Salary
$22,967 Avg Student Debt

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

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #14 most popular major in the country with 20,616 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Far Western US Region 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 Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the subject specific ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Saint Mary’s College of California to be the best school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Anchorage is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a large student population.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oregon State University is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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#5

Mills College

Oakland, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mills College is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Mills is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairbanks.

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Eastern Washington University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Portland

Portland, OR

University of Portland ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Alaska Southeast came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

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#10

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

With a ranking of #10, Lewis & Clark College did quite well on this year’s best schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 654
Washington 182
Oregon 216
Nevada 6
Alaska 20

One of 14 majors within the area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

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