2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Cochise County Community College District

Sierra Vista, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$5,856 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cochise County Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Sierra Vista, Arizona, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

Cochise College also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Cochise College is $5,856 for associate degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Cochise College

#2

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Rio Salado College is a fairly large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 2 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Rio Salado College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rio Salado College is $9,102 for Associate Degree Adult and Continuing Ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Rio Salado College

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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