2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Mississippi, there were 1,128 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 159 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,787 and $15,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their elementary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi

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

Top 8 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Mississippi

1

Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi

#20 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Wesson, Mississippi, and it awarded 37 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

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

2

East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi

#11 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi. EMCC is located in Scooba, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Full EMCC Elementary Education Report

3

Holmes Community College
Goodman, Mississippi

#9 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holmes Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Goodman, Mississippi, and it awarded 40 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Holmes Community College Elementary Education Report

4

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

#12 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Fulton, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified associates’s elementary teaching students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Elementary Education at ICC

5

Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead, Mississippi

#15 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Delta Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Moorhead, Mississippi, and it awarded 8 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Mississippi Delta Community College Elementary Education Report

6

Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Coahoma Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi ranking. Coahoma Community College is a small school located in Clarksdale, Mississippi that handed out 1 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Coahoma Community College

7

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

#13 overall quality in Mississippi

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi ranking. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 8 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

8

Pearl River Community College
Poplarville, Mississippi

#21 overall quality in Mississippi

Pearl River Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi ranking. Pearl River Community College is located in Poplarville, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Pearl River Community College

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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

• *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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