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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$15,705 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, teacher education grade specific students earned 3,759 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in North Carolina 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $7,713 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Charlotte also made our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

Appalachian State graduate students pay an average of $8,007 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Appalachian State also took the #5 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 7 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 7 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNCW are $7,514 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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North Carolina State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #2 for overall quality for grade specific ed in North Carolina.

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Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, grade specific ed majors at Duke accumulate an average of around $15,440 in student debt.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 4,845
Virginia 1,857
Florida 3,339
Tennessee 1,526
Kentucky 1,644
South Carolina 1,615
Louisiana 780
Arkansas 1,727
Alabama 2,521
Mississippi 1,592
West Virginia 533

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 7 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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