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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$22,468 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 31 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Fresno Pacific University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fresno Pacific are $15,060 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,133 per year.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - San Marcos is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUSM are $18,665 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Azusa Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 a year.

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California State University - Sacramento ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $18,330 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at National University are $15,480 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, California State University - East Bay did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal State East Bay are $17,933 a year.

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San Jose State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at San Jose State are $18,790 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, San Jose State also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #10, Loyola Marymount University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Loyola Marymount also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,037
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 25 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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