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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

38 Colleges
$23,615 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,370 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific School for You

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the #11 most popular major in California with 2,635 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed 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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools

$38,740 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Irvine the best value school in California for teacher education grade specific students. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Concordia University, Irvine undergraduate students pay an average of $38,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Concordia University, Irvine also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Concordia University, Irvine Report

$7,392 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Sacramento helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education grade specific schools in California. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Sac State are $7,392 a year.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at California State University - Sacramento Report

$6,653 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - Fresno is a great value for teacher education grade specific students. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fresno State are $6,653 per year.

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$7,213 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - San Bernardino is a great value for teacher education grade specific students. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSUSB are $7,213 a year.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at California State University - San Bernardino Report

$6,995 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - East Bay. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Cal State East Bay undergraduate students pay an average of $6,995 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,852 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, San Jose State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

San Jose State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,852 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

San Jose State also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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$6,785 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Los Angeles ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

Cal State LA undergraduate students pay an average of $6,785 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at California State University - Los Angeles Report

#8

Brandman University

Irvine, CA
$12,480 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Brandman University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brandman are $12,480 per year.

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$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. It came in at #9 on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Irvine are $13,775 per year.

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#10

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFSU are $7,304 per year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,210
Oregon 1,528
Nevada 94
Hawaii 135
Alaska 84

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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