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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region

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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 40,622 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sinclair Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 43 degrees to qualified associates’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students.

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#2

Henry Ford College

Dearborn, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Henry Ford College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 per year to attend Henry Ford College.

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#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris State University is $12,889 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Clermont College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Cincinnati - Clermont College is located in Batavia, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

UC Clermont College also made our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $10,362 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students per year to attend University of Cincinnati - Clermont College.

Read more about Elementary Education at University of Cincinnati - Clermont College

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Vincennes University is a fairly large school located in Vincennes, Indiana that handed out 17 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vincennes University is $10,845 for great lakes region associate degree elementary teaching students.

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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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