2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations (Income $0-$30k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,903 people earned their degree in labor and industrial relations, making the major the 296th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 158 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality labor and industrial relations 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 labor and industrial relations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Labor Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Labor Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations (Income $0-$30k)

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

#1 in overall quality

$9,934 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Labor Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 138 diplomas to qualified associates’s labor relations students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree labor relations students whose families make $0-$30k list, SUNY Empire has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Empire is $9,934 for Associate Degree Labor Relations students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at SUNY Empire

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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