2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Undergraduate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States 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. 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.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Education
Our analysis found Alexandria Technical & Community College to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . ATCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Alexandria.
ATCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,910 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ATCC also is in the top 10% of our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the # 2 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.
Rasmussen University - North Dakota undergraduate students pay an average of $11,847 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota undergraduate students pay an average of $13,558 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Rasmussen University - Minnesota also did well on our Best Education Undergraduate 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.
UND undergraduate students pay an average of $15,037 in tuition and fees each year.
UND also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Kansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Rasmussen University - Kansas undergraduate students pay an average of $13,639 in tuition and fees each year.
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Missouri Southern State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.
Missouri Southern undergraduate students pay an average of $15,896 in tuition and fees each 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 6 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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