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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$13,937 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,684 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, teacher education grade specific was the most popular one in Arizona. In total, 6,189 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Arizona.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arizona 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.

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 Arizona

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

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our analysis found Pima Community College to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Arizona. 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 $2,250 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Pima County Community College District also took the #1 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $11,348 per year.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their undergraduate certificate. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NAU are $11,527 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, grade specific ed graduates from NAU carry an average student debtload of $19,441.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NAU is ranked #3 for overall quality for grade specific ed in Arizona.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Arizona Christian University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in Arizona. Located in the suburb of Phoenix, Arizona Christian University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Arizona Christian University are $30,624 a year.

Arizona Christian University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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

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 4 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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