2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Oregon to see which graduate 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon
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Our analysis found Corban University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Oregon. Salem, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Corban are $9,760 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Corban. During the 2019-2020 year, about 33% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Corban also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list, coming in at #3.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Oregon. This large public school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 403 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oregon State are $29,420 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Oregon State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 43% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Oregon State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Oregon. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 429 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 per year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $29,312 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Portland State University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 20% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Portland State University is ranked #5 for overall quality in Oregon.
Out of the 9 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s value ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Ashland, Oregon, the medium-sized public school awarded 144 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Oregon University are $18,569 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Southern Oregon University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 409 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UO are $30,567 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UO. In fact, around 9% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UO also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list, coming in at #4.
Lewis & Clark College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Located in Portland, Oregon, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Lewis and Clark College graduate students pay an average of $17,910 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Lewis and Clark College. In fact, around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Western Oregon University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Western Oregon State College is a small public school situated in Monmouth, Oregon. It awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western Oregon State College are $18,369 a year.
Western Oregon State College does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Portland landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 24 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Portland are $23,868 per year.
Since the graduate programs at University of Portland are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
University of Portland also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon rankings.
Bushnell University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking. Located in Eugene, Oregon, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Bushnell University graduate students pay an average of $17,860 in tuition and fees each year.
Bushnell University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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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