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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$12,290 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

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

Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arizona. With 1,553 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arizona 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our analysis found Northern Arizona University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $11,555 per year.

NAU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at Northern Arizona University

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Grand Canyon University is ranked #3 for overall quality for subject specific ed in Arizona.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Grand Canyon University Report

Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ASU - Tempe are $12,608 a year.

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

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $13,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at University of Arizona

Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 927
New Mexico 289
Oklahoma 583

Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas

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 4 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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