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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$24,903 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Los Angeles the best value school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.

Cal State LA graduate students pay an average of $17,723 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis & Clark College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lewis and Clark College are $17,910 a year.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SFSU graduate students pay an average of $18,242 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 University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAA are $24,496 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s College of California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMC are $33,357 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, SMC also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate 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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With a ranking of #6, University of Alaska Fairbanks did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fairbanks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAF are $25,248 per year.

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#7

University of Portland

Portland, OR

With a ranking of #7, University of Portland did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Portland are $23,868 a year.

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#8

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR

Bushnell University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, Bushnell University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Bushnell University graduate students pay an average of $17,860 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Alaska Southeast ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

UAS graduate students pay an average of $24,783 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - Davis landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education subject specific programs. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 per year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools 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 16 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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