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2023 Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,894 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best International Education Graduate Certificate School for You

International Education is the #304 most popular major in the country with 293 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for international ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in International Education

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for international education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on International Education at Loyola University Chicago

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Kent State University at Kent helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.

Full International Education at Kent State University at Kent Report

Best International Education Colleges by State

Explore the best international education schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 9
Illinois 15
Indiana 5

International Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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 Rculatta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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