2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You
General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 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.
The Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Post University to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Post University are $7,700 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Saint Michael's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Colchester.
Saint Michael’s graduate students pay an average of $11,160 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a great value for general education students working on their graduate certificate. MCLA is a small public school located in the town of North Adams.
MCLA graduate students pay an average of $7,347 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Salem State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Salem State are $10,477 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northern Vermont University is a great value for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Johnson, Northern Vermont University is a public school with a small student population.
Northern Vermont University graduate students pay an average of $16,488 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
SNHU graduate students pay an average of $19,470 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Tufts University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 a year.
Tufts also took the #2 spot in our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.
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Bay Path University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Longmeadow.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bay Path are $19,235 a year.
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Antioch University - New England came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Antioch University - New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Keene.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Antioch University - New England are $24,934 per year.
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University of Connecticut landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general education programs. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.
UCONN graduate students pay an average of $42,237 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,285 |
| Connecticut | 368 |
| New Hampshire | 319 |
| Maine | 151 |
| Rhode Island | 64 |
| Vermont | 137 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
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).
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