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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$18,276 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 43,297 teacher education subject specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 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.

The Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for subject 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. 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 Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Stout are $17,820 a year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UW - Stevens Point undergraduate students pay an average of $17,035 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW Oshkosh are $15,306 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BGSU are $21,050 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Green Bay ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UW - Green Bay undergraduate students pay an average of $16,091 in tuition and fees each year.

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Grand Valley State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GVSU are $19,628 a year.

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Kent State University at Kent came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kent State are $19,876 a year.

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#9

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Viterbo University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Crosse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Viterbo are $29,920 a year.

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#10

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

Madonna University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia.

Madonna undergraduate students pay an average of $24,900 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
Indiana 1,703
Michigan 1,338
Wisconsin 913

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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