2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Texas 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.
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Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - Kingsville the best value school in Texas for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $14,344 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Texas A&M Kingsville does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 63% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville also took the #4 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Texas. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 39 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Texas A&M College Station. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 23% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Texas. Located in Huntsville, Texas, the large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that SHSU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 68% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
SHSU also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list, coming in at #2.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lamar University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Beaumont, Texas, the fairly large public school awarded 881 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 per year.
Lamar University 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 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Lamar University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. This large public school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 16 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at UNT, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Lubbock, Texas, the large public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Texas Tech. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 49% took at least some of their classes online.
Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas rankings.
With a ranking of #7, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.
TWU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UTSA. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Arlington does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Dallas Baptist University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DBU are $21,272 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at DBU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 51% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 10 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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