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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
163 Degrees Awarded
$8,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5,199 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 163 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary 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 elementary education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Henry Ford College

Dearborn, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Henry Ford College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s elementary teaching degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Henry Ford College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $3,182 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid per year to attend Henry Ford College.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Sinclair Community College is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Sinclair Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students with aid.

Read more about Elementary Education at Sinclair Community College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Clermont College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Cincinnati - Clermont College is a medium-sized public school situated in Batavia, Ohio. It awarded 12 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Clermont College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UC Clermont College is $10,362 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students with aid.

Read more about Elementary Education at UC Clermont College

#4

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vincennes University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Vincennes University is located in Vincennes, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vincennes University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vincennes University is $10,845 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students with aid.

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#5

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s elementary teaching degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Ferris also made our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $12,889 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students with aid per year to attend Ferris State University.

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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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