2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 4,177 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,486 and $33,384 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 438 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree education students.
Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,503 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Education students per year to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 42 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree education students list, Liberty University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $28,903 for southeast region associate degree education students per year to attend Liberty University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blue Ridge Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,293 for southeast region associate degree education students per year to attend Blue Ridge Community and Technical College.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cumberland University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. CU is a small school located in Lebanon, Tennessee that handed out 9 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.
CU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CU is $24,458 for southeast region associate degree education students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the #5 spot on the list. Campbell University is a medium-sized school located in Buies Creek, North Carolina that handed out 35 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.
Campbell also made our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $24,544 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Education students per year to attend Campbell University.
Alderson Broaddus University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Philippi, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alderson Broaddus University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Alderson Broaddus University is $20,189 for southeast region associate degree education 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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