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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$17,199 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Great Lakes 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our 2023 rankings named Viterbo University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Viterbo also is in the top 20% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Olivet Nazarene University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Olivet Nazarene are $12,190 per year.

Olivet Nazarene also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baldwin Wallace University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Baldwin Wallace College graduate students pay an average of $11,363 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

Alverno College 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. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Alverno graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in tuition and fees each year.

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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IWU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IWU are $10,440 per year.

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Illinois State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #9, Western Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

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National Louis University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NLU are $12,096 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 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 20 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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