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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona

8 Ranked Colleges
3,126 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona

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 Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 310,601 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 14,215 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,550 and $33,537 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,126 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the education 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 Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education in Arizona

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 222 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Arizona, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - Arizona is $12,944 for arizona bachelor’s degree education students.

Full UOPX - Arizona Education Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 625 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Education at ASU - Tempe

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona. ASU - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 99 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for arizona bachelor’s degree education students.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Education Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona - Sierra Vista. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona. Sierra Vista, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree education students list, UA Sierra Vista has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.

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#5

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 573 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. It costs about $12,915 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Education students per year to attend NAU.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona ranking, coming in at #6. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 270 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Education at University of Arizona

#7

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

Grand Canyon University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona ranking. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 1,256 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Education students.

Read more about Education at Grand Canyon University

#8

Ottawa University - Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

Ottawa University - Phoenix came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona ranking. Ottawa University - Phoenix is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree education students list, Ottawa University - Phoenix has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Ottawa University - Phoenix Education Report

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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