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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,139 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,533 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 614 degrees and certificates were awarded to curriculum and instruction students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #41 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for curriculum 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.

2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Curriculum & Instruction

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the best value school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSULB are $8,280 a year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at California State University - Long Beach Report

#2

La Sierra University

Riverside, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means La Sierra University is a great value for curriculum and instruction students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Riverside, La Sierra is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

La Sierra graduate students pay an average of $15,997 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at La Sierra University Report

Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 180
Oregon 58
Nevada 188
Hawaii 66

One of 14 majors within the area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Disarnot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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