2022 Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Washington

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 42,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, teacher education subject specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,022 and had an average of $26,039 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 566 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,817 and $25,799 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education subject specific programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher education subject specific program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Washington.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in Washington

#1

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom

Lakewood, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$8,926 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom landed the #1 spot on the list. Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom is a public institution located in Lakewood, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom is $8,926 for washington associate degree subject specific ed 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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