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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$6,700 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.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Santa Fe Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their basic certificate. SFCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Santa Fe.

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

SFCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Santa Fe Community College Report

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

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,540 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #4 for overall quality for grade specific ed in the Southwest Region .

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Central New Mexico Community College Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Pima Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a large student population.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,566 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Pima County Community College District is ranked #5 for overall quality for grade specific ed in the Southwest Region .

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Pima Community College Report

Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 6,189
Texas 4,681
New Mexico 782
Oklahoma 1,268

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

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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