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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,520 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,664 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

General Education is the #30 most popular major in Missouri with 308 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.

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#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Out of the 2 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 per year.

Read full report on General Education at Lindenwood University

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 1,905
Iowa 209
Kansas 308
Nebraska 9
North Dakota 24
South Dakota 87

General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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