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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,536 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific students earned 414 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Connecticut to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for subject specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Subject Specific

Our analysis found Central Connecticut State University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Connecticut. CCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

CCSU graduate students pay an average of $12,848 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CCSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list.

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#2

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Fairfield U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

Fairfield U graduate students pay an average of $19,498 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Fairfield U also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCSU are $13,321 per year.

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#4

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sacred Heart are $34,509 per year.

Sacred Heart also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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#5

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bridgeport.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UBridgeport are $21,686 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $20,325 per year.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,283
Maine 204
Vermont 80
New Hampshire 140
Rhode Island 162

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 6 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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