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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$24,903 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate 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.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for subject 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Los Angeles the best value school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal State LA are $17,723 a year.

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#2

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lewis & Clark College is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lewis and Clark College are $17,910 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Alaska Anchorage helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

UAA graduate students pay an average of $24,496 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Francisco State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

SFSU graduate students pay an average of $18,242 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 Saint Mary’s College of California. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMC are $33,357 per year.

SMC also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

UAF graduate students pay an average of $25,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of Portland

Portland, OR

University of Portland came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Portland are $23,868 per year.

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#8

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR

Bushnell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Eugene, Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bushnell University are $17,860 per year.

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University of Alaska Southeast came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAS are $24,783 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 a 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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
California 1,037
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

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 16 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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