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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$13,484 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 110,226 degrees and certificates were awarded to teacher education grade specific students, making the major the most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for grade specific ed majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our 2023 rankings named Spokane Falls Community College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Spokane Falls Community College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spokane Falls Community College are $5,135 per year.

Spokane Falls Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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#2

Clark College

Vancouver, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Clark College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Vancouver.

Clark College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,133 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alliant International University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Alliant are $16,631 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Antioch University - Seattle helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Antioch University - Seattle is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Antioch University - Seattle are $22,035 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,780
Oregon 1,864
California 7,510
Nevada 608
Hawaii 346
Alaska 145

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education grade specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Grade Specific Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 43,003
Early Childhood Education 32,920
Secondary Education 10,547
Teacher Education 9,949
Teacher Development & Methodology 6,165
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3,517
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 2,450
Adult & Continuing Education 1,074
Montessori Teacher Education 252
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods 140
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching 105
Online Educator/Online Teaching 79
International Teaching and Learning 25

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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