Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,829 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

Education is the most popular major in Arizona with 12,019 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Education

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arizona. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on Education at Arizona State University - Skysong

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.

Grand Canyon University also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #4.

Read More…

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $12,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU - Tempe is ranked #3 for overall quality for education in Arizona.

Read More…

The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Arizona. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NAU are $11,555 a year.

Full Education at Northern Arizona University Report

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

University of Arizona also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #2.

Full Education at University of Arizona Report

University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.

Full Education at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 11,415
Oklahoma 1,574
New Mexico 904

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 6 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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.