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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$24,789 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for grade specific ed 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.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

Our analysis found Whitworth University to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Whitworth are $12,456 per year.

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#2

Corban University

Salem, OR

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Corban University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Corban is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salem.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Corban are $9,760 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

SPU graduate students pay an average of $24,273 in tuition and fees each year.

SPU also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Wazzu also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CLU are $20,600 per year.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UC Irvine is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#7

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFSU are $18,242 per year.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

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Southern Oregon University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Oregon University are $18,569 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Alaska Fairbanks did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairbanks.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAF are $25,248 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 7,510
Washington 2,780
Oregon 1,864
Nevada 608
Hawaii 346
Alaska 145

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 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 Vgrigas.

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