2023 Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Idaho to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho
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Our analysis found Boise State University to be the best value school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Idaho. Located in Boise, Idaho, the large public school awarded 191 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 per year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $25,700 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Boise State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Boise State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Idaho. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 46 students in 2020-2021.
U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at U of I. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
U of I did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho list.
Out of the 3 schools in Idaho that were part of this year’s value ranking, Idaho State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 51 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
ISU graduate students pay an average of $27,778 in tuition and fees each year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $33,862 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at ISU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
ISU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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