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2023 Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$24,828 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Education Basic Certificate School for You

With 29,810 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general education is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best General Education Basic Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNLV are $24,828 per year.

UNLV also made our Best General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on General Education at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Best General Education Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 728
Oregon 767
California 7,063
Nevada 36
Hawaii 64
Alaska 26

General Education is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 KOKUYO.

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