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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$25,463 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,684 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our analysis found Spokane Falls Community College to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Spokane Falls Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Spokane.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spokane Falls Community College are $5,135 per year.

Spokane Falls Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Alliant International University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Alliant undergraduate students pay an average of $16,631 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the # 3 spot on the list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAF are $25,654 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAF is ranked #2 for overall quality for grade specific ed in the Far Western US Region .

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Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SPU are $35,646 a year.

SPU also took the #1 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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#5

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, OR

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Eastern Oregon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of La Grande, EOU is a public college with a small student population.

EOU undergraduate students pay an average of $22,386 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

College of Southern Nevada did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSN are $11,534 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Honolulu.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH Manoa are $34,218 a year.

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#8

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.

University of Redlands undergraduate students pay an average of $52,500 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Redlands did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 2,780
Oregon 1,864
California 7,510
Nevada 608
Hawaii 346
Alaska 145

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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