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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

60 Colleges
$7,391 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,684 Avg Salary

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

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in the United States with 110,226 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 60 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for grade specific ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Spokane Falls Community College the best value school in the United States for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Spokane Falls Community College are $5,135 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Spokane Falls Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NWTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,849 in tuition and fees each year.

NWTC also took the #5 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northcentral Technical College is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Central Technical College are $5,415 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,861 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, FVTC also is in the top 10% of our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Alexandria Technical & Community College is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Alexandria, ATCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ATCC are $5,910 a year.

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Pima Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,566 in tuition and fees each year.

Pima County Community College District excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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Atlanta Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Atlanta, Atlanta Area Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Atlanta Area Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $5,564 in tuition and fees each year.

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Albany Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Albany Technical College are $5,396 a year. Grade Specific Ed majors at Albany Technical College take out an average of $11,850 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#9

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

With a ranking of #9, Stanly Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Stanly Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,245 in tuition and fees each year.

Stanly Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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Georgia Piedmont Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Clarkston, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Piedmont Technical College are $5,578 per year.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA
12 Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Marion, IN

Teacher Education Grade Specific by Region

View the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

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 25 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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