2023 Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana
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Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in Indiana for teaching students working on their basic certificate. This large public school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 182 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Ivy Tech Community College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
Ivy Tech Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana rankings.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for teaching students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 83 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Purdue does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Purdue is ranked #1 for overall quality in Indiana.
Out of the 7 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s value ranking, Ball State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ball State are $27,524 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Ball State does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.
Ball State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana list. This medium-sized public school is located in Evansville, Indiana, and it awarded 25 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at USI are $21,812 a year.
Online courses are available at USI, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
USI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana list.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Indiana State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Indiana. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Indiana State undergraduate students pay an average of $20,862 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Indiana State does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 68% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their basic certificate. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IU Bloomington are $38,352 per year.
One thing to take note of is that IU Bloomington does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking. Located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMWC are $30,550 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at SMWC. In 2019-2020 about 56% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
SMWC also made our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #5.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
References
- 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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