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2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

9 Ranked Colleges
332 Degrees Awarded
$7,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 11,130 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 332 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Southeast Region

#1

Holmes Community College

Goodman, Mississippi
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holmes Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Goodman, Mississippi, and it awarded 47 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Holmes Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Holmes Community College is $4,321 for southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students.

Read more about Elementary Education at Holmes Community College

#2

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itawamba Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Itawamba Community College is a public institution located in Fulton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ICC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ICC is $5,107 for southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students.

Read more about Elementary Education at Itawamba Community College

#3

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Copiah-Lincoln Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school situated in Wesson, Mississippi. It awarded 37 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Copiah-Lincoln Community College is $3,714 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

#4

Fayetteville Technical Community College

Fayetteville, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville Technical Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and it awarded 11 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

FTCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $5,366 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students per year to attend FTCC.

Read more about Elementary Education at Fayetteville Technical Community College

#9 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Perkinston, Mississippi, and it awarded 51 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Elementary Education Report

#6

James Sprunt Community College

Kenansville, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

James Sprunt Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. JSCC is a small public school situated in Kenansville, North Carolina. It awarded 13 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

JSCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend JSCC is $3,847 for southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Elementary Education at James Sprunt Community College

#7

Edgecombe Community College

Tarboro, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

Edgecombe Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Edgecombe Community College is a small public school situated in Tarboro, North Carolina. It awarded 6 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Edgecombe Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Edgecombe Community College is $4,868 for southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Edgecombe Community College

#8

Wilson Community College

Wilson, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

Wilson Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Wilson, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s elementary teaching degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students list, WCC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WCC is $13,652 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students.

Full WCC Elementary Education Report

#9

Brenau University

Gainesville, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Brenau University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Brenau is located in Gainesville, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Brenau also took the #3 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,745 for southeast region associate degree elementary teaching students per year to attend Brenau.

Read more about Elementary Education at Brenau

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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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