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2023 Best Value Education Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

54 Colleges
$15,883 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education 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.

The Best Value Education Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 54 schools in New York to see which 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.

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 Schools in New York

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

Top 10 Best Education Schools

#1

Hunter College

New York, NY
$7,382 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Hunter College the best value school in New York for education students. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

Hunter undergraduate students pay an average of $7,382 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,340 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The City College of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCNY are $7,340 a year.

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#3

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY
$7,440 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 54 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Brooklyn College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brooklyn College are $7,440 per year.

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$35,370 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at The College of Saint Rose helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in New York. 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 undergraduate at Saint Rose are $35,370 a year.

Saint Rose did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Education Schools in New York list.

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#5

Lehman College

Bronx, NY
$7,410 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Lehman College is a great value for education students. Lehman is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bronx.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehman are $7,410 per year.

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$33,894 Average Tuition & Fees

Russell Sage College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New York list. Russel Sage is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Russel Sage are $33,894 a year.

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#7

Queens College

Queens, NY
$7,538 Average Tuition & Fees

Queens College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value education programs. QC is a large public school located in the large city of Queens.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at QC are $7,538 per year.

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#7

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
$10,455 Average Tuition & Fees

Stony Brook University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $10,455 per year.

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#9

SUNY Geneseo

Geneseo, NY
$8,927 Average Tuition & Fees

SUNY Geneseo ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in New York list. Located in the town of Geneseo, SUNY Geneseo is a public college with a small student population.

SUNY Geneseo undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY
$8,786 Average Tuition & Fees

SUNY Oneonta did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for education students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SUNY Oneonta are $8,786 a year.

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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
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.

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