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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

53 Colleges
$13,551 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 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. Our analysis looked at 53 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Worcester State University

Worcester, MA

Our analysis found Worcester State University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Worcester State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Worcester.

Worcester State graduate students pay an average of $5,796 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Fitchburg State is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fitchburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fitchburg State are $6,012 a year.

Read full report on Education at Fitchburg State University

#3

Gordon College

Wenham, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Gordon College is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wenham.

Gordon College graduate students pay an average of $6,400 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Granite State College

Concord, NH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Granite State College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public college with a small student population.

GSC graduate students pay an average of $10,620 in tuition and fees each year.

GSC also claimed a spot on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emmanuel College Massachusetts. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Emmanuel Boston 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 Emmanuel Boston are $14,319 a year.

Emmanuel Boston excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Education at Emmanuel College Massachusetts

#6

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

With a ranking of #6, Endicott College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Beverly, Endicott 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 Endicott are $12,746 a year.

Read full report on Education at Endicott College

#7

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, VT

With a ranking of #7, Saint Michael’s College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Colchester, Saint Michael's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Michael’s are $11,160 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 a year.

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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the town of North Adams, MCLA is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MCLA are $7,347 per year.

Full Education at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Report

#10

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

Fairfield University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fairfield U are $19,498 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Fairfield U also did well on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Education at Fairfield University Report

Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
Connecticut 2,995
Vermont 638

Education Majors to Study

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
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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