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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$21,137 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

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

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in California with 7,510 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 California ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in California to see which graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Irvine the best value school in California for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.

UC Irvine graduate students pay an average of $13,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Irvine also is in the top 20% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFSU are $8,738 per year.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

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#4

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Lutheran University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CLU are $20,600 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Claremont Graduate University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in California. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Claremont Graduate University are $36,380 a year.

Claremont Graduate University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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Saint Mary’s College of California landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMC are $33,357 per year.

SMC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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#7

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

With a ranking of #7, Holy Names 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 city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

HNU graduate students pay an average of $18,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at HNU take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $18,972.

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#8

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USFCA are $27,250 a year.

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#9

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Mills College 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. Mills is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mills are $36,443 a year.

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Antioch University - Santa Barbara landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Antioch University - Santa Barbara is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Santa Barbara.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Antioch University - Santa Barbara are $19,303 a year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,780
Oregon 1,864
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 10 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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