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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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for grade specific ed majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found Pima Community College to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the large 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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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University 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 . Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NAU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,761 in tuition and fees each 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 very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ASU - Tempe also is in the top 5% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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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 large suburb of Phoenix.

Arizona Christian University undergraduate students pay an average of $30,624 in tuition and fees each 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 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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