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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

65 Colleges
$8,188 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in the United States with 110,226 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 65 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for grade specific 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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the grade specific ed basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Santa Fe Community College to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. SFCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Santa Fe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SFCC are $4,995 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SFCC also is in the top 5% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Urban College of Boston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Boston, Urban College of Boston is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Urban College of Boston are $7,124 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spokane Falls Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Spokane Falls Community College are $5,135 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a large student population.

NWTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,849 in tuition and fees each year.

NWTC also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madison Area Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. Madison College is a large public school located in the large city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Madison College are $6,769 a year.

Madison College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list.

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Northcentral Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

North Central Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,415 in tuition and fees each year.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MATC are $6,908 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Waukesha County Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. WCTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Pewaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCTC are $6,603 per year.

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#9

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

Stanly Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the distant town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stanly Technical College are $9,245 per year.

Stanly Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools list.

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With a ranking of #10, Central Piedmont Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Central Piedmont Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,936 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Central Piedmont Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools ranking.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI
12 Vance-Granville Community College Henderson, NC
13 Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM

Teacher Education Grade Specific by Region

View the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Grade Specific Ed Concentrations

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

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

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 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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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