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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$17,319 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,664 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, general education students earned 367 degrees and certificates from an Oregon school, making the subject the 5th 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. 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 that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oregon 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.

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 General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Education

#1

University of Portland

Portland, OR

Our 2023 rankings named University of Portland the best value school in Oregon for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Portland are $23,868 per year.

University of Portland did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Oregon. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $16,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Education at Portland State University

#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Oregon helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Oregon. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UO are $18,120 a year.

UO did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list.

Full General Education at University of Oregon Report

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,275
Washington 419
Nevada 36
Hawaii 10
Alaska 26

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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 KOKUYO.

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