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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$12,043 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

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

With 502 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #18 most popular major in Minnesota.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in Minnesota 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #2.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Cloud State University are $9,192 per year.

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#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Hamline University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in Minnesota. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

Hamline graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the # 4 spot on the list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

Concordia University, Saint Paul graduate students pay an average of $8,550 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in Minnesota. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.

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The College of Saint Scholastica ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Duluth.

St. Scholastica graduate students pay an average of $15,502 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

St Catherine University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Kate’s are $17,760 a year.

St. Kate’s also took the #4 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#9

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 358
Iowa 122
Kansas 253
Nebraska 154
North Dakota 66
South Dakota 51

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

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 9 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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