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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$8,456 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 Utah. In total, 9,070 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Utah.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Utah 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.

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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah

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

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Western Governors University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Utah. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WGU are $7,790 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WGU is ranked #2 for overall quality for education in Utah.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Utah. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U of U are $8,068 a year.

U of U also took the #3 spot in our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah rankings.

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Out of the 4 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $8,647 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WSU is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in Utah.

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

UVU graduate students pay an average of $9,317 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 2,359
Montana 397
Idaho 673
Wyoming 164

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 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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