2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate School for You
Curriculum & Instruction is the #54 most popular major in the country with 19,832 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for curriculum students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Viterbo University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Crosse.
Viterbo graduate students pay an average of $9,488 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Viterbo is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McKendree University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at McKendree are $9,756 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alverno College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alverno are $10,402 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Adrian College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Adrian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Adrian.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Adrian are $19,525 per year.
Adrian excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for curriculum and instruction students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.
Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.
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Ball State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate curriculum and instruction programs. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.
Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ball State also is in the top 10% of our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for curriculum and instruction students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC are $26,644 a year.
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Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for curriculum and instruction students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 a year.
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Request InformationBest Curriculum & Instruction Colleges by State
Explore the best curriculum and instruction schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 314 |
| Ohio | 357 |
| Illinois | 1,019 |
| Indiana | 871 |
| Wisconsin | 248 |
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Majors Related to Curriculum
One of 14 majors within the area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 10 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 Disarnot.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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