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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in California

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$21,602 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 #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.

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 California ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in California 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSULB are $8,280 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - San Marcos helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in California. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a large student population.

CSUSM graduate students pay an average of $9,161 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Sacramento. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Sac State are $8,826 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - East Bay helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in California. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State East Bay are $8,429 per year.

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Out of the 20 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the # 5 spot on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate students pay an average of $11,629 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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California State University - Fresno landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno State are $8,087 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, San Jose State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

San Jose State graduate students pay an average of $9,286 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

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Fresno Pacific 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno Pacific are $15,060 per year.

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California State University - Chico ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Chico State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Chico.

Chico State graduate students pay an average of $9,298 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 Schools 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 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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