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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$24,789 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

Our analysis found Whitworth University to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Whitworth are $12,456 per year.

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#2

Corban University

Salem, OR

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Corban University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Corban is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salem.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Corban are $9,760 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Seattle Pacific University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SPU are $24,273 per year.

SPU also took the #4 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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Out of the 22 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.

Wazzu also took the #3 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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#5

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CLU are $20,600 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

UC Irvine graduate students pay an average of $28,458 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Irvine also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #7, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFSU are $18,242 per year.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UNLV is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

UNLV graduate students pay an average of $22,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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Southern Oregon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Oregon University are $18,569 per year.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

UAF graduate students pay an average of $25,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools 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 22 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.

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