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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$21,602 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,260 Avg Salary

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

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 California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in California 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 California

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 California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

CSULB graduate students pay an average of $8,280 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 California State University - San Marcos. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUSM are $9,161 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Sacramento. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population.

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $8,826 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 California State University - East Bay. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State East Bay are $8,429 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 #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate students pay an average of $11,629 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fresno State are $8,087 a year.

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San Jose State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

San Jose State graduate students pay an average of $9,286 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

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Fresno Pacific 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Fresno Pacific graduate students pay an average of $15,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Chico ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Chico State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chico.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Chico State are $9,298 a 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 20 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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