2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, education students earned 5,194 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 4th in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Tennessee 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.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee
Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Carson - Newman University the best value school in Tennessee for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small suburb of Jefferson City, Carson - Newman is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carson - Newman are $9,632 per year.
Out of the 14 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Union University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Jackson, Union is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Union are $11,666 per year.
Union also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #4.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Freed-Hardeman University is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Henderson, FHU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
FHU graduate students pay an average of $10,980 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UT Chattanooga graduate students pay an average of $10,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Tennessee. UofM is a very large public school located in the large city of Memphis.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofM are $10,908 a year.
Tennessee Technological University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tennessee Tech University are $11,762 per year.
Tennessee Tech University also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #3.
Middle Tennessee State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Middle Tennessee State University graduate students pay an average of $10,818 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UT Knoxville graduate students pay an average of $13,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Knoxville is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in Tennessee.
Trevecca Nazarene University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. TNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TNU are $11,585 a year.
Lipscomb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 per year.
Lipscomb did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list.
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 |
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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 |
Kentucky | 5,329 |
Georgia | 9,722 |
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Education Related Majors for Education
Education Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 14 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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