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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

41 Colleges
$14,855 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was the most popular one in New York. In total, 18,389 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in New York.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 41 schools in New York 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Hunter College

New York, NY

Our analysis found Hunter College to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Hunter are $11,398 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The City College of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population.

CCNY graduate students pay an average of $11,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The College of Saint Rose is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Rose is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Saint Rose are $15,748 a year.

Saint Rose not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.

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#4

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brooklyn College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brooklyn College are $11,522 per year.

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#5

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Stony Brook University is a great value for education students working on their graduate certificate. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

SUNY Stony Brook graduate students pay an average of $13,838 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, SUNY Stony Brook is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.

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#6

Lehman College

Bronx, NY

Lehman College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Lehman is a large public school located in the large city of Bronx.

Lehman graduate students pay an average of $11,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Queens College

Queens, NY

With a ranking of #7, Queens College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. QC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Queens.

QC graduate students pay an average of $11,612 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY

With a ranking of #8, Niagara University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Niagara University.

Niagara graduate students pay an average of $13,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

SUNY Oneonta ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the remote town of Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SUNY Oneonta graduate students pay an average of $12,533 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, NY

SUNY Cortland ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the town of Cortland, SUNY Cortland is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SUNY Cortland graduate students pay an average of $13,055 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 7,877
Maryland 3,634
New Jersey 3,752
District of Columbia 816
Delaware 739

Education Majors to Study

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
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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