2023 Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the New England Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for teaching 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Middlesex Community College the best value school in the New England Region for teaching students working on their basic certificate. Middlesex Community College is located in Bedford, Massachusetts and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 basic certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Middlesex Community College are $12,120 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Middlesex Community College. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Middlesex Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. STCC is a small public school situated in Springfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 41 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $10,728 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since STCC does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 93% took at least some of their classes online.
STCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Quinsigamond Community College is a great place for teaching students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Quinsigamond Community College is a public institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Quinsigamond Community College are $10,774 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Quinsigamond Community College does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 35% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Quinsigamond Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
Out of the 14 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s value ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Fall River, Massachusetts, the medium-sized public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Bristol are $10,152 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Bristol does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. This small public school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 15 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at NHTI are $15,450 a year.
NHTI does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 78% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
NHTI also made our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
Bunker Hill Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate teaching programs. This medium-sized public school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
BHCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,224 in tuition and fees each year.
BHCC is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Gateway Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate teaching programs. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, the medium-sized public school handed out 2 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Community College are $13,448 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Gateway Community College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Bridgewater State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. This medium-sized public school is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and it awarded 44 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
Bridgewater State undergraduate students pay an average of $16,872 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Bridgewater State. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 44% took at least some of their classes online.
Endicott College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Endicott is located in Beverly, Massachusetts and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 basic certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Endicott are $36,614 per year.
Endicott does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 28% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Providence College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Providence are $55,988 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Providence. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Providence also took the #4 spot in our Best Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region rankings.
Rhode Island College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the medium-sized public school handed out 10 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
RIC undergraduate students pay an average of $25,900 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at RIC. During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
University of Maine came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in Orono, Maine, the fairly large public school handed out 1 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.
UMaine undergraduate students pay an average of $33,586 in tuition and fees each year.
Online courses are available at UMaine, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Plymouth State University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Plymouth State is a public institution located in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 basic certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Plymouth State are $24,432 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Plymouth State does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #14, Suffolk University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their basic certificate. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2020-2021.
Suffolk undergraduate students pay an average of $41,648 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Suffolk. In 2019-2020 about 59% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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*These averages are for the top 14 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%.
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