2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking.

Insurance is the 206th most popular major in the country with 1,811 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $57,694 and had an average of $23,336 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 86 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,800 and $22,210 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs that also have a lower cost than 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 insurance program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Insurance in the Southwest Region

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,320 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Salado College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 4 associates’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rio Salado College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Insurance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,320 for southwest region associate degree insurance students per year to attend Rio Salado College.

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#2

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$8,597 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Insurance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Glendale Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Glendale, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Insurance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Glendale Community College is $8,597 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Insurance students.

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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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