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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,120 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate 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.

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 California ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in California 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 California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Teacher Education Subject Specific

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $8,219 per year.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SFSU are $8,738 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of California - Davis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in California. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis graduate students pay an average of $13,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s College of California. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. SMC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moraga.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMC are $33,357 per year.

SMC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

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#5

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Holy Names University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in California. Located in the large city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at HNU are $18,590 per year.

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#6

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Mills College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Mills is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mills are $36,443 per 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 6 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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