by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 39,972 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,451 and $21,446 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4,747 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 117 colleges that offer a degree in education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree education students.
Out of the 117 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Connors State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Warner, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 134 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tohono O’Odham Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Tohono O’Odham Community College is a public institution located in Sells, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Valencia County Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Los Lunas, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 117 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Oklahoma College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 58 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
Northern New Mexico College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Northern New Mexico College is a public institution located in Espanola, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Dine College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Dine College is a small public school situated in Tsaile, Arizona. It awarded 10 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Navajo Technical University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
Odessa College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Odessa College is a public institution located in Odessa, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 118 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeast Lakeview College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. Universal City, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, South Texas College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. South Texas College is a public institution located in McAllen, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 352 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwest Vista College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Northwest Vista College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 173 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Murray State College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Murray State College is located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.
Luna Community College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
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Palo Alto College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Palo Alto College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 98 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Carl Albert State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Poteau, Oklahoma, and it awarded 21 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. UNM Gallup is a small school located in Gallup, New Mexico that handed out 13 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus Education Report
New Mexico State University - Alamogordo ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Alamogordo, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full New Mexico State University - Alamogordo Education Report
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Miami, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, Seminole State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Seminole, Oklahoma, and it awarded 16 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
El Paso Community College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso Community College is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 202 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
San Jacinto Community College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 337 students in 2020-2021.
New Mexico State University - Grants landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Grants is a small public school situated in Grants, New Mexico. It awarded 3 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Arizona College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southwest Region list. Eastern Arizona College is a public institution located in Thatcher, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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