2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You
Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Pennsylvania. With 7,877 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.
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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named West Chester University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $11,898 per year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Messiah University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Pennsylvania. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Messiah are $13,050 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend York College of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of York.
YCP graduate students pay an average of $11,646 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clarion University are $12,179 a year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Pennsylvania. SRU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Slippery Rock.
SRU graduate students pay an average of $12,659 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Edinboro is a small public school located in the fringe town of Edinboro.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Edinboro are $12,246 a year.
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California University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of California.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal U are $12,919 a year.
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Marywood University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. IUP is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.
IUP graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, Cedar Crest College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Allentown.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cedar Crest are $14,719 per year.
Best Value Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 18,389 |
| Maryland | 3,634 |
| New Jersey | 3,752 |
| District of Columbia | 816 |
| Delaware | 739 |
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Majors Related to Education
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 |
Majors Similar to Education
| 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 23 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.
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