2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Graduate 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.
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 69 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education 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.
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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Goucher College the best value school in the United States for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Goucher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Goucher are $9,765 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Winona State also is in the top 10% of our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Barbourville.
Union College graduate students pay an average of $8,210 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Southern Mississippi ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.
Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #7, University of North Alabama did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Florence.
UNA graduate students pay an average of $13,860 in tuition and fees each year.
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Post University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Post University are $7,700 a year.
With a ranking of #9, Messiah University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Messiah are $13,050 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Messiah also is in the top 10% of our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.
With a ranking of #10, Saint Michael’s College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Michael's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Colchester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Michael’s are $11,160 per year.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | California State University - Sacramento | Sacramento, CA |
| 12 | Liberty University | Lynchburg, VA |
| 13 | Lindenwood University | Saint Charles, MO |
General Education by Region
View the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.
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| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Education Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 29,810 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| 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 averages are for the top 25 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 KOKUYO.
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