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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Office Occupations and Clerical Services in the Plains States Region

2 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$4,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,852 people earned their degree in general office occupations and clerical services, making the major the 889th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 59 general office occupations and clerical services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 general office occupations and clerical services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general office occupations and clerical services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general office occupations and clerical services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general office occupations and clerical services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Office Occupations and Clerical Services in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Des Moines Area Community College is a public institution located in Ankeny, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DMACC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DMACC is $10,076 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Office Occupations and Clerical Services students.

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#2

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oglala Lakota College landed the #2 spot on the list. Kyle, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general office occupations and clerical services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oglala Lakota College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Office Occupations and Clerical Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oglala Lakota College is $-375 for plains states region associate degree general office occupations and clerical services students. The negative number means the student will receive more financial aid on average than it costs to attend the school.

Read more about General Office Occupations and Clerical Services at Oglala Lakota College

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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