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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,989 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 Pennsylvania with 3,839 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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.

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 Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our analysis found Delaware County Community College to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delaware County Community College are $9,900 per year.

Delaware County Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Philadelphia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Community College of Philadelphia are $8,688 per year.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent basic certificate programs at Temple University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

Temple undergraduate students pay an average of $17,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Temple not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,633
New York 6,309
Maryland 1,593
District of Columbia 139
Delaware 456

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 3 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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