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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,754 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

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

With 282 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #22 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at East Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Appalachian State are $8,007 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Appalachian State is ranked #5 for overall quality for subject specific ed in North Carolina.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at Appalachian State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at North Carolina State University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

UNC Charlotte did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 380
Florida 540
Georgia 733
Tennessee 236
Kentucky 455
Louisiana 89
Alabama 284
South Carolina 319
Mississippi 169
Arkansas 444
West Virginia 224

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

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 4 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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