2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Idaho 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.
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 Idaho
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Our analysis found Boise State University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Idaho. Boise State is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 122 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $25,700 in loans while pursuing their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Boise State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Boise State also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho rankings.
Out of the 3 schools in Idaho that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Idaho landed the # 2 spot on the list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 graduate certificates to qualified students.
U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.
U of I 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 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
U of I also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Idaho State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Idaho. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, the fairly large public school handed out 4 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
ISU graduate students pay an average of $27,778 in tuition and fees each year. Graduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $33,862 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
ISU 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 82% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
ISU also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 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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