2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southwest Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 190 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree adult and continuing ed students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Cochise County Community College District

Sierra Vista, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,228 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cochise County Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Cochise College is a small public school situated in Sierra Vista, Arizona. It awarded 5 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cochise College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cochise County Community College District is $6,228 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Adult and Continuing Ed students.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Cochise College

#2

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,320 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 in the Southwest Region list. Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

Rio Salado College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Rio Salado College is $9,320 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Adult and Continuing Ed students.

Full Rio Salado College Adult & Continuing Education Report

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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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