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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$16,362 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 Michigan with 1,460 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. 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 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 Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan 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 Michigan

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

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

Our analysis found Western Michigan University to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Michigan. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $17,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WMU also made our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Western Michigan University

Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Eastern Michigan graduate students pay an average of $16,672 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Out of the 5 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

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#4

Baker College

Owosso, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the distant town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baker College are $12,750 per year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at Baker College take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $46,807.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $18,937 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

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

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 5 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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