2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in New Jersey

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General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 826 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,125 and $29,262 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 287 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in New Jersey

#1

Middlesex County College

Edison, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$8,535 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlesex County College landed the #1 spot on the list. Edison, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 90 students in 2019-2020.

Middlesex County College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Middlesex County College is $8,535 for New Jersey Associate Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Middlesex County College General Education Report

#2

Brookdale Community College

Lincroft, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$11,031 Average Net Price

$16,394 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brookdale Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Brookdale Community College is a fairly large school located in Lincroft, New Jersey that handed out 122 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Brookdale Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brookdale Community College is $11,031 for New Jersey Associate Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on General Education at Brookdale Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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