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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$20,012 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 110,226 degrees and certificates were awarded to teacher education grade specific students, making the major the most popular in the country.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region 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. 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 Southwest 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 Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public school with a small student population.

ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $7,110 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Highlands University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public school with a small student population.

New Mexico Highlands University graduate students pay an average of $11,154 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

OSU also made our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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University of Central Oklahoma ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCO are $18,116 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 per year.

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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the remote town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at New Mexico Tech are $25,665 a year.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 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 colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 6,189
Texas 4,681
New Mexico 782
Oklahoma 1,268

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 11 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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