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2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

26 Colleges
$11,131 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,471 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the education undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Atlanta Area Tech are $5,564 per year.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albany Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Albany Technical College are $5,396 a year.

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#3

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stanly Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Stanly Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,245 in tuition and fees each 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 school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Piedmont Technical College are $5,578 per 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 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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#6

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

With a ranking of #6, Gwinnett Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. GTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GTC are $5,636 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GTC also is in the top 10% of our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#7

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

Pitt Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. 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 landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate education programs. Southern Crescent Technical College is a small public school located in the large 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 medium-sized city of Savannah.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Savannah Tech are $5,442 a year.

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Vance-Granville Community 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 #10 on the list. 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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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 7,730
West Virginia 1,515
South Carolina 3,980
Florida 10,069
Virginia 9,522
Arkansas 4,954
Mississippi 4,219
Louisiana 2,977
Alabama 5,059
Kentucky 5,329
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

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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