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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,777 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, teacher education grade specific was the most popular one in Tennessee. In total, 1,526 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Tennessee.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Middle Tennessee State University the best value school in Tennessee for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

Middle Tennessee State University graduate students pay an average of $10,818 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 per year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at Lipscomb take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $16,032.

Lipscomb also took the #1 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Lipscomb University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Tennessee State University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ETSU are $10,736 a year.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at East Tennessee State University Report

Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,644
North Carolina 3,759
Florida 3,339
Georgia 4,845
Virginia 1,857
West Virginia 533
South Carolina 1,615
Arkansas 1,727
Louisiana 780
Mississippi 1,592
Alabama 2,521

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 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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