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2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oklahoma

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

3 Schools Ranked
$17,734 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,469 Avg Student Debt*

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right 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.

The Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oklahoma ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oklahoma 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. 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.

Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oklahoma

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma
36 Total Awards
$10,911 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northeastern State University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Oklahoma. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 36 students in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NSU are $10,911 a year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NSU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 76% took at least some of their classes online.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NSU is ranked #2 for overall quality in Oklahoma.

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59 Total Awards
$24,175 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Oklahoma. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 59 students in 2020-2021.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at OSU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 60% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

OSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oklahoma list.

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#3

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma
14 Total Awards
$18,116 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oklahoma list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCO are $18,116 per year.

Online graduate courses are available at UCO, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 27% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Oklahoma list.

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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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