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2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

11 Schools Ranked
$30,169 Avg Student Debt

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey
$15,031 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey.

TCNJ does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey
$16,146 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rowan University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Rowan does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 36% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey
$13,519 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

Montclair State does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 91% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
$20,159 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rider University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Rider. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#5

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey
$26,018 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Seton Hall University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Seton Hall. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.

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#6

Georgian Court University

Lakewood, New Jersey
$17,482 Average Tuition & Fees

Georgian Court University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Georgian Court. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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$14,050 Average Tuition & Fees

William Paterson University of New Jersey came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking.

William Paterson University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 32% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#8

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, New Jersey
$29,290 Average Tuition & Fees

Monmouth University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Monmouth. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 90% took at least some of their classes online.

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#9

Felician University

Lodi, New Jersey
$20,430 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, Felician University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Felician does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 52% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#10

Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, New Jersey
$21,246 Average Tuition & Fees

Saint Peter’s University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Saint Peter’s College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#11

College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, New Jersey
$18,734 Average Tuition & Fees

College of Saint Elizabeth did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list.

CSE does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 49% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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