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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

18 Colleges
$25,929 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 the United States with 14,087 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes 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

Our 2023 rankings named University of St Francis the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Saint Francis also made our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alverno College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Alverno is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alverno are $10,402 a year.

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#3

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Indiana State is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Terre Haute.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - La Crosse is a fairly large public school located in the small city of La Crosse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - La Crosse are $20,073 a year.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Baker College

Owosso, MI

Baker 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 #6 on the list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Owosso.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Baker College are $12,750 a year. After completing their Graduate Certificate, grade specific ed graduates from Baker College carry an average student debtload of $46,807.

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Western Michigan University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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#8

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.

Ball State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - East did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Richmond, IU East is a public school with a small student population.

IU East graduate students pay an average of $18,592 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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 3,308
Illinois 3,473
Indiana 2,710
Michigan 1,460
Wisconsin 2,197

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 18 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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