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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$23,730 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 Pennsylvania with 3,839 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Pennsylvania

Check out the grade specific ed graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named York College of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of York.

YCP graduate students pay an average of $11,646 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

YCP also took the #5 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#2

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

Out of the 8 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Marywood University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marywood are $11,438 a year.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Marywood University Report

Out of the 8 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the # 3 spot on the list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Clarion University graduate students pay an average of $12,179 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Clarion University of Pennsylvania Report

#4

Cedar Crest College

Allentown, PA

Out of the 8 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Cedar Crest College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Allentown.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cedar Crest are $14,719 per year.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $18,278 per year.

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#6

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

With a ranking of #6, Lebanon Valley College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. LVC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Annville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at LVC are $51,610 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LVC is ranked #1 for overall quality for grade specific ed in Pennsylvania.

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#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.

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#8

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carlow 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 #8 on the list. Carlow is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carlow are $20,812 per year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,633
New York 6,309
Maryland 1,593
District of Columbia 139
Delaware 456

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 8 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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