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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$24,199 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,533 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate School for You

With 19,832 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, curriculum and instruction is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for curriculum 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 Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for curriculum majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our 2023 rankings named Viterbo University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 a year.

Viterbo also claimed a spot on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at Viterbo University Report

#2

McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McKendree University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

McKendree graduate students pay an average of $9,756 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at McKendree University Report

#3

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Alverno College is a great value for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NLU are $12,096 a year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at National Louis University Report

#5

Adrian College

Adrian, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Adrian College is a great value for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Adrian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Adrian.

Adrian graduate students pay an average of $19,525 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Adrian also did well on our Best Curriculum & Instruction 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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#6

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #6, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#8

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for curriculum and instruction students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.

Ball State also took the #4 spot in our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Ball State University

With a ranking of #9, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC are $26,644 a year.

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#10

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 per year.

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Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges by State

Explore the best curriculum and instruction colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 357
Illinois 1,019
Indiana 871
Michigan 314
Wisconsin 248

Curriculum & Instruction is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Curriculum Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Majors Similar to Curriculum

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Disarnot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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