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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$22,468 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree 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.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 31 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for subject specific ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Fresno Pacific University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno Pacific are $15,060 per year.

Fresno Pacific also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,133 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

CSULB graduate students pay an average of $17,784 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - San Marcos is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUSM are $18,665 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

Azusa Pacific graduate students pay an average of $16,696 in tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Sacramento did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $18,330 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at National University are $15,480 per year.

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California State University - East Bay came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal State East Bay are $17,933 a year.

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San Jose State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at San Jose State are $18,790 per year.

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#10

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 602
Oregon 246
California 1,037
Nevada 109
Hawaii 13
Alaska 24

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

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

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 25 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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