2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 21,189 people earned a degree or certificate in general education, making the major the #12 most popular in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 69 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Goucher College the best value school in the United States for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Goucher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Goucher graduate students pay an average of $9,765 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 a year.
Winona State also claimed a spot on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Union College Kentucky. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools list. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Barbourville.
Union College graduate students pay an average of $8,210 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Southern Mississippi landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general education programs. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.
Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.
University of North Alabama did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. UNA is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Florence.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $13,860 per year.
Post University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Post University are $7,700 per year.
Messiah University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Messiah are $13,050 a year.
With a ranking of #10, Saint Michael’s College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Michael's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Colchester.
Saint Michael’s graduate students pay an average of $11,160 in tuition and fees each year.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for General Education graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 11 | California State University - Sacramento | Sacramento, CA |
| 12 | Liberty University | Lynchburg, VA |
| 13 | Lindenwood University | Saint Charles, MO |
General Education by Region
View the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 45,458 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
| Special Education | 25,158 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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).
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