2024 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
165Associate Degrees
If you pursue a associate degree in elementary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #65 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of elementary education. Combined, these schools handed out 165 associate degrees in elementary education to qualified students.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on elementary education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other elementary education students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized elementary education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for elementary education students working on their associate degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Elementary Education in the Plains States Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in elementary education.
Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Elementary Teaching
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).