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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$39,128 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,533 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate School for You

Curriculum & Instruction is one of the most popular subjects to study in Massachusetts. With 671 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for curriculum students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Curriculum & Instruction

#1

Worcester State University

Worcester, MA

Our analysis found Worcester State University to be the best value school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Worcester State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Worcester State are $5,796 per year.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Harvard also took the #1 spot in our Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Boston U is ranked #4 for overall quality for curriculum in Massachusetts.

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Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 203
Maine 33
Vermont 24
New Hampshire 234

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 3 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.

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