2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri
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Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Missouri State University the best value school in Missouri for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Maryville, Missouri, the medium-sized public school handed out 51 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwest are $7,064 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Northwest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Northwest also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southeast Missouri State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 67 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Southeast Missouri State University graduate students pay an average of $11,593 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Southeast Missouri State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 121 students in 2020-2021.
Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Missouri State, 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, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 15 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 101 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Mizzou does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southwest Baptist University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Bolivar, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Southwest Baptist University graduate students pay an average of $5,388 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Southwest Baptist University. In 2019-2020 about 47% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Missouri Western State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the small public school handed out 1 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri Western are $12,318 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Missouri Western. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Avila University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 21 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Avila are $8,598 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Avila. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Central Missouri 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. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 75 students in 2020-2021.
UCM graduate students pay an average of $16,992 in tuition and fees each year.
UCM does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 46% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Lindenwood University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Located in Saint Charles, Missouri, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 81 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Lindenwood University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. UMSL is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 49 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UMSL does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UMSL also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri rankings.
University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 24 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMKC are $27,803 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UMKC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UMKC also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri rankings.
Missouri Baptist University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teaching programs. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MBU are $10,670 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since MBU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 73% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Drury University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Drury University graduate students pay an average of $7,714 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Drury University, 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 83% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Webster University 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 #14 on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 33 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Webster graduate students pay an average of $13,500 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Webster, 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 61% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Webster also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #4.
With a ranking of #15, Lincoln University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, the small public school handed out 4 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at LU Missouri are $12,256 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at LU Missouri. During the 2019-2020 year, about 63% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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*These averages are for the top 15 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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