2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Education Undergraduate 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.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Atlanta Technical College to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Atlanta, Atlanta Area Tech is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Atlanta Area Tech are $5,564 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Albany Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Albany Technical College are $5,396 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Stanly Community College is a great value for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Stanly Technical College are $9,245 a year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Clarkston, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
Georgia Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,578 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central Georgia Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
CGTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,442 in tuition and fees each year.
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Gwinnett Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. GTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $5,636 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, GTC also did well on our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #7, Pitt Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pitt Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Winterville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pitt Community College are $6,548 a year.
Pitt Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Southern Crescent Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Southern Crescent Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Griffin.
Southern Crescent Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,526 in tuition and fees each year.
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Savannah Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Savannah Tech is a small public school located in the city of Savannah.
Savannah Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $5,442 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, Vance-Granville Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Vance-Granville Community College is a small public school located in the town of Henderson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Vance-Granville Community College are $6,552 a year.
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Explore the best education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 7,730 |
| West Virginia | 1,515 |
| Mississippi | 4,219 |
| South Carolina | 3,980 |
| Florida | 10,069 |
| Virginia | 9,522 |
| Arkansas | 4,954 |
| Alabama | 5,059 |
| Kentucky | 5,329 |
| Georgia | 9,722 |
| Tennessee | 5,194 |
| Louisiana | 2,977 |
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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 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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