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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

42 Colleges
$28,569 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,124 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific School for You

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #14 most popular major in the country with 20,616 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 Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for subject 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 Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for subject specific ed majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

$33,452 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Fresno Pacific University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Fresno Pacific undergraduate students pay an average of $33,452 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $28,105 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also is in the top 10% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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$18,726 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSULB are $18,726 a year.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at California State University - Long Beach Report

$19,607 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Marcos. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSUSM are $19,607 a year.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at California State University - San Marcos Report

$41,510 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 42 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Azusa Pacific University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Azusa Pacific are $41,510 per year.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Azusa Pacific University Report

$19,272 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Sacramento came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. 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 out-of-state undergraduate student at Sac State are $19,272 a year.

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

#7

National University

La Jolla, CA
$13,320 Average Tuition & Fees

National University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at National University are $13,320 per year.

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$18,875 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - East Bay did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State East Bay are $18,875 per year.

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San Jose State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jose State are $19,732 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, San Jose State also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount are $53,051 a year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 654
Washington 182
Oregon 216
Nevada 6
Alaska 20

One of 14 majors within the area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
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 Aparajita Datta.

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