2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You
General Education is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region 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 Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Education
Our analysis found Texas A&M University - Kingsville to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.
TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.
OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.
Best General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 474 |
| Arizona | 817 |
| Oklahoma | 73 |
| New Mexico | 163 |
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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 4 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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