2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 7,710 people earned their degree in educational/instructional technology, making the major the 129th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 81 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational/instructional technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality educational/instructional technology 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 educational/instructional technology 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 Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology

#1

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,016 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lone Star College System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate list. Lone Star College System is a public institution located in The Woodlands, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 78 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Harris Montgomery did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational/Instructional Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Harris Montgomery is $8,016 for Associate Degree Educational/Instructional Technology students.

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#2

Essex County College

Newark, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$11,443 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Essex County College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s educational/instructional technology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree educational/instructional technology students list, Essex has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Educational/Instructional Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Essex is $11,443 for associate degree educational/instructional technology students.

Read more about Educational/Instructional Technology at Essex County College

#3

Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$7,952 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cameron University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for an Associate list. Cameron University is a small public school situated in Lawton, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 associates’s educational/instructional technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Cameron University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Educational/Instructional Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,952 for Associate Degree Educational/Instructional Technology students per year to attend Cameron University.

Read more about Educational/Instructional Technology at Cameron University

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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