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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$25,239 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The College of New Jersey the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. TCNJ is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Ewing.

TCNJ graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in tuition and fees each year.

TCNJ did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means York College of Pennsylvania is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of York.

YCP graduate students pay an average of $11,646 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Mount St Mary’s University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The Mount graduate students pay an average of $13,676 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Marywood University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.

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#5

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Rider University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rider are $20,159 per year.

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#6

Cedar Crest College

Allentown, PA

Cedar Crest College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Allentown.

Cedar Crest graduate students pay an average of $14,719 in tuition and fees each year.

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania 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 #7 on the list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarion University are $13,862 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, William Paterson University of New Jersey did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Paterson University are $21,748 per year.

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Felician University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Lodi, Felician is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Felician are $20,430 a year.

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#10

Hunter College

New York, NY

Hunter College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Hunter is a very large public school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hunter are $20,828 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 3,839
New York 6,309
Maryland 1,593
New Jersey 1,633
District of Columbia 139
Delaware 456

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

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 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 Vgrigas.

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