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2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

10 Ranked Colleges
291 Degrees Awarded
$7,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Secondary Education is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,854 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 291 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality secondary education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the secondary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students with aid.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

South Texas College

McAllen, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Texas College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. South Texas College is a public institution located in McAllen, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 86 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Texas College also made our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend South Texas College is $1,174 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students with aid.

Read more about Secondary Education at South Texas College

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s secondary teaching degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students with aid.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Austin Community College District

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 24 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarrant County College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College District is $5,434 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students with aid.

Read more about Secondary Education at Tarrant County College

#5

Navarro College

Corsicana, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Navarro College landed the #5 spot on the list. Corsicana, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s secondary teaching degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students with aid list, Navarro College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Navarro College is $14,349 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students with aid.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Navarro College

#6

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

San Juan College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

SJC also made our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for San Juan College is $6,115 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students with aid.

Full SJC Secondary Education Report

#7

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Amarillo College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Amarillo College is a public institution located in Amarillo, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Amarillo College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,578 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students with aid per year to attend Amarillo College.

Full Amarillo College Secondary Education Report

#6 in overall quality

San Jacinto Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Jacinto Community College is a public institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,692 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students with aid per year to attend San Jacinto Community College.

Read full report on Secondary Education at San Jacinto Community College

#9

Arizona Western College

Yuma, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Arizona Western College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Yuma, Arizona, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AWC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,165 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students with aid per year to attend Arizona Western College.

Full AWC Secondary Education Report

#10

Rose State College

Midwest City, Oklahoma
#10 in overall quality

Rose State College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

RSC also made our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Rose State College is $8,632 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students with aid.

Read more about Secondary Education at RSC

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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

  • *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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