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2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas

8 Schools Ranked

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The Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Kansas 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.

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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
$11,045 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Kansas to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kansas.

Online graduate courses are available at KU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 69% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
$11,225 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 2 spot on the list.

K -State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 52% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
$8,728 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pittsburg State 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 Pitt State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.

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$4,500 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Fort Hays State 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 FHSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 93% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#5

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
$7,252 Average Tuition & Fees

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

WSU 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 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#6

Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas
$9,636 Average Tuition & Fees

Washburn University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.

Washburn 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. In fact, around 48% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#7

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas
$8,532 Average Tuition & Fees

Emporia State 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 #7 on the list.

ESU 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 94% took at least some of their classes online.

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$13,024 Average Tuition & Fees

MidAmerica Nazarene University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas ranking.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at MNU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 48% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 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%.

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