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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$22,468 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 31 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Fresno Pacific University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fresno Pacific are $15,060 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,133 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - Long Beach 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 . CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Marcos. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUSM are $18,665 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Azusa Pacific University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 per year.

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California State University - Sacramento landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $18,330 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

National University graduate students pay an average of $15,480 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, California State University - East Bay did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a large student population.

Cal State East Bay graduate students pay an average of $17,933 in tuition and fees each year.

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San Jose State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

San Jose State graduate students pay an average of $18,790 in tuition and fees each year.

San Jose State also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#10

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Loyola Marymount also is in the top 15% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges 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 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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