Skip to content

Colleges offering certificates in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

315 U.S. colleges and universities offer Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor at the certificate level. Results are ordered by the number of graduates each school reported in the program.

Most schools offering it: New York (48), Pennsylvania (33), California (23), Illinois (20), Michigan (18), Minnesota (18)

Get matched with a program

Teacher writing on a chalkboard

Showing 25–48 of 315 schools

FAU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 18 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
31,607
Retention
84%
Programs
120
Awards 2024-25
9,284
CampusOnlineHybrid
SJU
Private nonprofit

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 18 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Online option

Students
19,389
Retention
79%
Programs
125
Awards 2024-25
3,543
CampusOnlineHybrid
HU
Private nonprofit

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 18 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Online option

Students
2,565
Retention
78%
Programs
73
Awards 2024-25
783
CampusOnlineHybrid
UW
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 17 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
51,044
Retention
96%
Programs
262
Awards 2024-25
19,199
CampusOnlineHybrid
UU
Public

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 17 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
36,894
Retention
86%
Programs
247
Awards 2024-25
9,826
CampusOnlineHybrid
UNO
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 17 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
14,972
Retention
78%
Programs
104
Awards 2024-25
3,456
CampusOnlineHybrid
GCU
Private nonprofit

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 16 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Fully online

Students
113,257
Retention
72%
Programs
131
Awards 2024-25
29,770
CampusOnlineHybrid
UCF
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 16 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
69,713
Retention
92%
Programs
136
Awards 2024-25
19,389
CampusOnlineHybrid
UNV
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 16 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
32,911
Retention
79%
Programs
186
Awards 2024-25
6,850
CampusOnlineHybrid
UM
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 16 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Fully online

Students
31,726
Retention
92%
Programs
201
Awards 2024-25
10,173
CampusOnlineHybrid
EWU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 16 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
10,492
Retention
67%
Programs
138
Awards 2024-25
3,566
CampusOnlineHybrid
ASU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 15 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
79,818
Retention
87%
Programs
347
Awards 2024-25
22,923
CampusOnlineHybrid
BU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 15 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Online option

Students
18,816
Retention
89%
Programs
144
Awards 2024-25
5,467
CampusOnlineHybrid
GSU
Public

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 15 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
4,397
Retention
56%
Programs
68
Awards 2024-25
1,281
CampusOnlineHybrid
GC
Private nonprofit

Goshen College

Goshen, IN

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 15 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Online option

Students
847
Retention
80%
Programs
54
Awards 2024-25
259
CampusOnlineHybrid
PSU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 14 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
19,951
Retention
76%
Programs
198
Awards 2024-25
5,535
CampusOnlineHybrid
SB
Public

SUNY Brockport

Brockport, NY

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 14 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
7,482
Retention
72%
Programs
101
Awards 2024-25
2,014
CampusOnlineHybrid
KSU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Fully online

Students
47,764
Retention
77%
Programs
127
Awards 2024-25
9,368
CampusOnlineHybrid
SDS
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Online option

Students
41,137
Retention
91%
Programs
180
Awards 2024-25
11,392
CampusOnlineHybrid
UK
Public

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Fully online

Students
29,792
Retention
86%
Programs
202
Awards 2024-25
7,974
CampusOnlineHybrid
CHC
Public

CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
22,538
Retention
78%
Programs
141
Awards 2024-25
5,486
CampusOnlineHybrid
BSU
Public

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate · Fully online

Students
21,089
Retention
78%
Programs
196
Awards 2024-25
5,931
CampusOnlineHybrid
CCC
Public

CUNY City College

New York, NY

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
15,544
Retention
79%
Programs
97
Awards 2024-25
2,957
CampusOnlineHybrid
GC
Private nonprofit

Greensboro College

Greensboro, NC

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor: 13 graduates in 2024-25
Certificate

Students
967
Retention
66%
Programs
55
Awards 2024-25
168
CampusOnlineHybrid

Free, no obligation

Get help finding a Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor program

Tell us the level you want and when you plan to start, and we will reply with schools that fit.

  • Tell us the programs you are considering and when you want to start.
  • We reply by email with schools and programs that fit what you told us.
  • We use your details only to respond to your request.
Your plans
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

Add up to five. If yours is not in the list, just type it.

Your details
Get matched