2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky 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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky
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Our analysis found Union College Kentucky to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kentucky. Barbourville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 29 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Union College are $8,210 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Union College. In fact, around 98% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Union College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Louisville is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the large public school handed out 53 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofL are $27,839 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $12,397 in loans while pursuing their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UofL does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 68% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UofL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
UK graduate students pay an average of $33,548 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UK. During the 2019-2020 year, about 57% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.
Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s value ranking, Murray State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Murray State graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Murray State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 60% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Murray State is ranked #5 for overall quality in Kentucky.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 26 students in 2020-2021.
WKU graduate students pay an average of $18,340 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at WKU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 81% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
WKU also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #3.
Eastern Kentucky University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, the fairly large public school handed out 53 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern are $13,800 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Eastern, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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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