2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,395 people earned their degree in mathematics education, making the major the 204th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 404 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 mathematics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics education. That schools that top this list have a program in mathematics education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree math teacher education students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education in the Great Lakes Region

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College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois

Top 15% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Lake County landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Lake County is a fairly large school located in Grayslake, Illinois that handed out 0 associates’s math teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

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Vincennes University
Vincennes, Indiana

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vincennes University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vincennes, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s math teacher education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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Highland Community College
Freeport, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Highland Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. Highland Community College is a public institution located in Freeport, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Kankakee Community College
Kankakee, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kankakee Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kankakee, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s math teacher education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of DuPage. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Math Teacher Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. College of DuPage is a large public school situated in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. It awarded 0 associates’s math teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mathematics Education

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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