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

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

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

With 654 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #39 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 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 Subject Specific program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

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Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 67% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#4

Mills College

Oakland, CA

A rank of #4 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.

Women make up 88% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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#6

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

Holy Names University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#7

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #7, Loyola Marymount University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Fresno Pacific University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

While working on their Graduate Certificate, subject specific ed majors at Fresno Pacific accumulate an average of around $23,100 in student debt.

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California State University - San Marcos ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
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 13 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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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