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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$17,199 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 #23 most popular major in the country with 43,297 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our analysis found Viterbo University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Viterbo also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ferris State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a large student population.

Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 per year.

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#4

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Olivet Nazarene are $12,190 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Olivet Nazarene is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Baldwin Wallace University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Baldwin Wallace College are $11,363 a year.

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#6

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

Alverno College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alverno are $10,402 a year.

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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IWU are $10,440 a year.

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Illinois State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.

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Western Illinois University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, National Louis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,338
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
Indiana 1,703
Wisconsin 913

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 20 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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