2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 1,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 205 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. To top this list, a school must have a successful adult and continuing education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate”.
Top 3 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region
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 Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. This small school is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and it awarded 5 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Cochise College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Salado College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s adult and continuing ed students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Rio Salado College
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Incarnate Word landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UIW 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
- *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.
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