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2023 Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$19,894 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best International Education Graduate Certificate School for You

International Education is the #15 most popular major in the country with 293 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for international ed 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. 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.

2023 Best Value International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in International Education

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for international education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Loyola Chicago is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best International Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full International Education at Loyola University Chicago Report

Out of the 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the # 2 spot on the list. Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 per year.

Full International Education at Kent State University at Kent Report

Best International Education Colleges by State

Explore the best international education colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 9
Illinois 15
Indiana 5

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

International Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
International & Comparative Education 293

Majors Similar to International Ed

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 2 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 Rculatta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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