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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,138 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 5,329 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

#1

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, KY

Our analysis found Union College Kentucky to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kentucky. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Barbourville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Union College are $8,210 a year.

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#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofL are $13,725 a year.

UofL also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #1.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

UK graduate students pay an average of $13,674 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UK also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Murray State graduate students pay an average of $9,882 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Education at Murray State University Report

#5

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $12,140 per year.

WKU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.

Read full report on Education at Western Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

Eastern graduate students pay an average of $10,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 7,730
West Virginia 1,515
Florida 10,069
Virginia 9,522
Arkansas 4,954
Mississippi 4,219
South Carolina 3,980
Louisiana 2,977
Alabama 5,059
Georgia 9,722
Tennessee 5,194

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 6 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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