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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,347 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,684 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate 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.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,566 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $17,761 per year. Grade Specific Ed majors at NAU take out an average of $19,441 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ASU - Tempe also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona Christian University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Arizona Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Arizona Christian University are $30,624 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 4 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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