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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

26 Colleges
$26,633 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,721 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific School for You

With 654 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #39 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 26 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for subject specific ed 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California

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

$6,846 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a degree in California. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSULB are $6,846 a year.

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$7,727 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Marcos. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CSUSM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,727 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,392 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State University - Sacramento helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teacher education subject specific schools in California. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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$6,995 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - East Bay. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State East Bay are $6,995 per year.

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$10,195 Average Tuition & Fees

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 #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California 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 in-state undergraduate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $10,195 a year.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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$6,653 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Fresno came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Fresno State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,653 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,852 Average Tuition & Fees

San Jose State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value teacher education subject specific programs. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jose State are $7,852 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, San Jose State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list.

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$7,043 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Northridge ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSUN are $7,043 a year.

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#9

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SDSU are $8,136 a year.

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$6,785 Average Tuition & Fees

California State University - Los Angeles ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in California list. Located in the large 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.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
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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