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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$16,123 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 23 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States 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

#1

Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

Our analysis found Valley City State University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Valley City State University is a small public school located in the town of Valley City.

Valley City State University graduate students pay an average of $7,723 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that subject specific ed majors at Valley City State University take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $22,849.

Valley City State University also took the #1 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Hamline University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Nebraska is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 per year.

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#6

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Cloud State University are $13,412 per year.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota 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 #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.

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The College of Saint Scholastica landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the small city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Scholastica are $15,502 a year.

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#10

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

St Catherine University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. St. Kate's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Kate’s are $17,760 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, St. Kate’s is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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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 Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,189
Kansas 711
Minnesota 1,158
Iowa 599
South Dakota 198
North Dakota 312
Nebraska 451

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 23 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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