2023 Best Value Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
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.
The Best Value Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Plains States Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Alexandria Technical & Community College the best value school in the Plains States Region for teaching students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Alexandria, Minnesota, the small public school handed out 1 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at ATCC are $5,910 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $17,612 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at ATCC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 48% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
ATCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Rasmussen University - North Dakota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in the Plains States Region . Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 4 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - North Dakota are $11,847 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,381 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Rasmussen University - North Dakota. During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Rasmussen University - North Dakota did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Rasmussen University - Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in the Plains States Region . This small private for-profit school is located in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 29 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Minnesota are $13,558 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $20,381 in student loans.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota also made our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #2.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in the Plains States Region . UND is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UND are $15,037 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $29,316 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at UND. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UND not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Out of the 6 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s value ranking, Rasmussen University - Kansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Topeka, Kansas, the very small private for-profit school handed out 3 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rasmussen University - Kansas are $13,639 per year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $20,381 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Rasmussen University - Kansas is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Rasmussen University - Kansas also made our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #5.
Missouri Southern State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri Southern are $15,896 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,301 in student loans.
One thing to take note of is that Missouri Southern does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 56% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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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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