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Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,822 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,862 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 354 degrees and certificates were awarded to special education students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #46 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for special ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

Our analysis found University of Memphis to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Tennessee. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 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 East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

ETSU graduate students pay an average of $10,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

Out of the 3 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lipscomb are $17,100 a year.

Lipscomb also made our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Special Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 550
Virginia 1,238
North Carolina 477
Florida 1,103
Kentucky 608
South Carolina 266
Louisiana 103
Arkansas 351
Alabama 437
Mississippi 269
West Virginia 46

One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 woodleywonderworks.

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