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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,120 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

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

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #92 most popular major in California with 1,037 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for subject 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 California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Subject Specific

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Los Angeles the best value school in California for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $8,219 per year.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SFSU are $8,738 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis graduate students pay an average of $13,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s College of California. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moraga.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMC are $33,357 per year.

SMC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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#5

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Holy Names University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in California. Located in the large city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at HNU are $18,590 a year.

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Mills College

Oakland, CA

Mills College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Mills is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oakland.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mills are $36,443 per year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

One of 14 majors within the area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Aparajita Datta.

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