2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 59 schools in the Plains States 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.
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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Northwestern College to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Orange City, NWC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
NWC graduate students pay an average of $6,360 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, NWC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Valley City State University is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Valley City State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Valley City.
Valley City State University graduate students pay an average of $7,723 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Valley City State University is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in the Plains States Region .
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Mayville State University is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Mayville, Mayville State University is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mayville State University are $7,465 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Mayville State University is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Out of the 59 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 4 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 59 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Maryville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwest are $7,064 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, Minot State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. MSU is a small public school located in the town of Minot.
MSU graduate students pay an average of $10,263 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bemidji State 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 #7 on the list. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Bemidji.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bemidji State University are $9,586 per year.
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Wayne State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Wayne, WSC is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSC are $9,597 per year.
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Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650 a year.
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Doane University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Doane Crete is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Crete.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Doane Crete are $8,586 a year.
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Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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.
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