2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,530 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,134 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent secondary education 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 secondary education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree secondary teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$6,726 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 Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northeast Community College is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.

Northeast also took the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $6,726 for plains states region associate degree secondary teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,351 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Butler CC is a medium-sized school located in El Dorado, Kansas that handed out 12 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Butler CC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Butler CC is $12,351 for plains states region associate degree secondary teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Secondary Education at Butler Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education (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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