2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast 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 Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching is the 200th most popular major in the country with 3,484 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,563 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 150 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching 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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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 Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$8,667 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Military College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 29 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Military College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Military College is $8,667 for southeast region associate degree junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Georgia Military College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report

#2

Arkansas State University - Beebe

Beebe, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$7,628 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU-Beebe is a public institution located in Beebe, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 57 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU-Beebe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,628 for southeast region associate degree junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Arkansas State University - Beebe.

Read more about Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at ASU-Beebe

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k)

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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