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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$16,362 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

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

With 1,460 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education grade specific is the #16 most popular major in Michigan.

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 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 Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Michigan to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University the best value school in Michigan for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $17,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Eastern Michigan University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $16,672 per year.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Michigan University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Baker College

Owosso, MI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Baker College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in Michigan. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Owosso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Baker College are $12,750 a year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at Baker College take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $46,807.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $18,937 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 3,308
Illinois 3,473
Indiana 2,710
Wisconsin 2,197

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

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 5 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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