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2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Schools Ranked
$35,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,615 Avg Student Debt*

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
122 Total Awards
$32,904 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 122 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $29,615 in loans while pursuing their degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since GWU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
2 Total Awards
$38,456 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in tuition and fees each year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at The American University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 39% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

The American University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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