2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 11,008 people earned their degree in entrepreneurial studies, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,665 and had an average of $25,440 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,461 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,750 and $26,639 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 114 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in entrepreneurial studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality entrepreneurial studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the entrepreneurial studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students.
Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Technical Community College - Terry. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Delaware Technical Community College - Terry is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Delaware Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $8,824 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students per year to attend Delaware Technical Community College - Terry.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bucks County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Newtown, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s entrepreneurship students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students list, Bucks County Community College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bucks County Community College is $7,670 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anne Arundel Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. AACC is a fairly large school located in Arnold, Maryland that handed out 4 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.
AACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Anne Arundel Community College is $14,506 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Monroe Community College is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 9 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.
Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $6,830 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students per year to attend Monroe Community College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex County College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Middlesex County College is located in Edison, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students list, Middlesex County College has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Middlesex County College is $6,649 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students.
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Herkimer County Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Herkimer County Community College is located in Herkimer, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Herkimer College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Herkimer College is $7,512 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students.
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Borough of Manhattan Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 13 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.
BMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Borough of Manhattan Community College is $5,158 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students.
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Tompkins Cortland Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Dryden, New York, and it awarded 6 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students list, Tompkins Cortland has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tompkins Cortland Community College is $11,584 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students.
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With a ranking of #9, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees to qualified students.
Pennsylvania Highlands not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is $7,583 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students.
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Hudson Valley Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s entrepreneurship students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students list, HVCC has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $8,548 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students per year to attend HVCC.
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Central Penn College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.
Central Penn also made our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Central Penn College is $20,862 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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With a ranking of #12, Genesee Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Batavia, New York, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s entrepreneurship students in 2019-2020.
GCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $6,304 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students per year to attend GCC.
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Rockland Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Rockland Community College is a medium-sized school located in Suffern, New York that handed out 1 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students list, Rockland Community College has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $10,271 for middle atlantic region associate degree entrepreneurship students per year to attend Rockland Community College.
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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%.
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- *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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