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2023 Best Value Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$19,240 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Teaching English or French Basic Certificate School for You

With 5,791 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teaching English or French is the #9 most popular major in the United States.

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. 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 Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for English or French 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 Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Teaching English or French

Our 2023 rankings named Santa Fe Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for teaching English or French students working on their basic certificate. SFCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Santa Fe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFCC are $4,995 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SFCC is ranked #1 for overall quality for English or French in the Southwest Region .

Read full report on Teaching English or French at Santa Fe Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for teaching English or French students working on their basic certificate. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $17,761 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for teaching English or French students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU are $24,764 per year.

OSU also made our Best Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching English or French schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.

ASU - Tempe also made our Best Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #3.

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Best Teaching English or French Colleges by State

Explore the best teaching English or French schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 295
Texas 84
New Mexico 4
Oklahoma 56

Teaching English or French is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

English or French Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 5,764
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language, Other 27

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

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 G0h4r.

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