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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$19,393 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,664 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 29,810 general education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Education

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - Kingsville to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $14,344 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Education at Texas Woman’s University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for general education students working on their graduate certificate. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

OSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full General Education at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great value for general education students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

Full General Education at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
Texas 1,639
New Mexico 219
Oklahoma 234

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

Majors Similar 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 4 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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