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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

47 Colleges
$16,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,501 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate School for You

With 34,451 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education grade specific is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 47 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Anderson University South Carolina the best value school in the Southeast Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Anderson University South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $11,643 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Union College Kentucky is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Barbourville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Union College are $8,210 per year.

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#3

Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Mennonite University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, Eastern Mennonite is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Eastern Mennonite graduate students pay an average of $15,270 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Eastern Mennonite is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of West Alabama is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Livingston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of West Alabama are $13,546 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of West Alabama also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Southern Mississippi did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.

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#6

Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

Brenau University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brenau are $13,940 per year.

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#8

Mercer University

Macon, GA

Mercer University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 a year.

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Georgia Southwestern State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. GSW is a small public school located in the distant town of Americus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GSW are $15,206 a year.

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#10

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

University of West Georgia landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of West Georgia are $18,980 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, University of West Georgia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 984
Florida 440
Georgia 2,285
North Carolina 1,253
Tennessee 451
Kentucky 634
Louisiana 201
Alabama 1,339
South Carolina 423
Mississippi 472
Arkansas 680
West Virginia 112

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

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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