2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey
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 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.
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 New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey
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Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey. TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 110 graduate certificates to qualified students.
TCNJ graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at TCNJ, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
TCNJ not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Montclair State University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Montclair State University is a large public school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 63 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Montclair State. 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.
Montclair State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
Out of the 11 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s value ranking, Rowan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Rowan is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Rowan graduate students pay an average of $16,146 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Rowan does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Rowan did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Wayne, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at William Paterson University are $21,748 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at William Paterson University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 32% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Georgian Court University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in New Jersey. Georgian Court University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Lakewood, New Jersey that handed out 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Georgian Court graduate students pay an average of $17,482 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, Georgian Court is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Rider University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It awarded 102 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rider are $20,159 per year.
Rider 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Rider did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.
Felician University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Felician University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Lodi, New Jersey that handed out 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Felician graduate students pay an average of $20,430 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Felician. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #8, Seton Hall University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in South Orange, New Jersey. It awarded 36 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Seton Hall are $26,018 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Seton Hall does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Seton Hall also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey rankings.
Monmouth University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. West Long Branch, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Monmouth are $29,290 a year.
Monmouth 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 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Saint Peter’s University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Saint Peter’s College is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 graduate certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Saint Peter’s College are $21,246 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Saint Peter’s College. In fact, around 98% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
College of Saint Elizabeth ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in Morristown, New Jersey, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSE are $18,734 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at CSE. In fact, around 49% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 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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