2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 6,219 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 97 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The elementary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Northeast is a medium-sized school located in Norfolk, Nebraska that handed out 33 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeast is $8,749 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students.

Full Northeast Community College Elementary Education Report

#2

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,620 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Normandale Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified associates’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

Normandale Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Normandale Community College is $12,620 for plains states region associate degree elementary teaching students.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Normandale Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education

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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