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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$19,547 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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 Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southwest 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.

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 the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

NSU graduate students pay an average of $10,911 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

OSU also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #1 for overall quality for subject specific ed in the Southwest Region .

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

SHSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, Northern Arizona University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

NAU graduate students pay an average of $20,125 in tuition and fees each year.

NAU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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Texas Woman’s University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe 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 #10 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 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 schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,553
Texas 927
New Mexico 289
Oklahoma 583

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 12 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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