2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Subject Specific Ed Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 43,297 people earned their degree in teacher education subject specific, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, teacher education subject specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,245 and had an average of $24,696 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,094 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,721 and $20,579 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education subject specific. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their teacher education subject specific program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree subject specific ed students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in California

1

Fresno City College
Fresno, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fresno City College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California. This large school is located in Fresno, California, and it awarded 1 associates’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

MiraCosta College
Oceanside, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, MiraCosta College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oceanside, California, and it awarded 0 associates’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Fullerton College
Fullerton, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Fullerton College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fullerton, California, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s subject specific ed students in 2020-2021.

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2

El Camino College
Torrance, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Camino College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California list. El Camino College is a fairly large school located in Torrance, California that handed out 0 associates’s subject specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.

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Cerritos College
Norwalk, California

Top 20% overall quality in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cerritos College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Subject Specific Ed Major in California list. Located in Norwalk, California, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s subject specific ed students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific

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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