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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$13,740 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 Washington with 2,780 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wazzu are $13,740 a year.

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

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Washington State University Report

#2

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Whitworth University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Whitworth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spokane.

Whitworth graduate students pay an average of $12,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Whitworth not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Whitworth University

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. Located in the large city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

SPU graduate students pay an average of $24,273 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

SPU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Seattle Pacific University Report

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
Oregon 1,864
California 7,510
Nevada 608
Hawaii 346
Alaska 145

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 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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