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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$18,620 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Plains States 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for subject specific ed majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

Our 2023 rankings named Valley City State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Valley City State University is a small public school located in the town of Valley City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Valley City State University are $12,969 a year.

Valley City State University also took the #1 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bemidji State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Bemidji.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bemidji State University are $9,806 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at St Cloud Technical and Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Plains States Region . St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $5,874 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southwest Minnesota State University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Marshall, Southwest Minnesota State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Minnesota State University are $9,482 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Moorhead are $17,564 per year.

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Wichita State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $18,165 per year.

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Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Missouri State undergraduate students pay an average of $16,498 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #8, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their basic certificate. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at K -State are $26,491 per year.

K -State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $33,818 a year.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #4 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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#10

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

St Catherine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St. Kate’s are $35,532 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,189
Kansas 711
Minnesota 1,158
Iowa 599
South Dakota 198
North Dakota 312
Nebraska 451

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 10 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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