2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 7,906 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Missouri 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.
Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Missouri State University the best value school in Missouri for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Maryville, Northwest is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Northwest graduate students pay an average of $7,064 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Southeast Missouri State University graduate students pay an average of $6,611 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mizzou are $11,255 a year.
Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southwest Baptist University is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Southwest Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Bolivar.
Southwest Baptist University graduate students pay an average of $5,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Missouri Western State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the small city of Saint Joseph, Missouri Western is a public college with a small student population.
Missouri Western graduate students pay an average of $7,458 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Avila University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Avila is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Avila are $8,598 a year.
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University of Central Missouri came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. UCM is a large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.
UCM graduate students pay an average of $9,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Lindenwood University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate education programs. Located in the city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Lindenwood University graduate students pay an average of $9,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of Missouri - St Louis 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 large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UMSL graduate students pay an average of $12,528 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Education Related Majors for 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 |
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 15 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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