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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$20,012 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.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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.

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

Check out the grade specific ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $7,110 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico Highlands University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,154 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

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University of Central Oklahoma 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. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCO are $18,116 per year.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NMSU Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $18,275 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.

UOPX - Arizona also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the town of Socorro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Tech are $25,665 per year.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per 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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 4,681
Arizona 6,189
Oklahoma 1,268
New Mexico 782

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 11 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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