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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Southwest Region

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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great secondary education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the secondary education program at the school. 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 Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Southwest Region

#1

Navarro College

Corsicana, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navarro College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Navarro College is a public institution located in Corsicana, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students list, Navarro College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,349 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students per year to attend Navarro College.

Read more about Secondary Education at Navarro College

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students list, South Texas College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Texas College is $1,174 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students.

Read more about Secondary Education at South Texas College

#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 list. Tarrant County College District is a large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 24 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also made our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College is $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students.

Full Tarrant County College District Secondary Education Report

#4

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. SJC is located in Farmington, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students list, SJC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Juan College is $6,115 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students.

Full San Juan College Secondary Education Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 9 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #2 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Read more about Secondary Education at Austin Community College District

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, San Jacinto Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s secondary teaching degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students.

Full San Jacinto College 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 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 made our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Amarillo College is $5,578 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students.

Full Amarillo College Secondary Education Report

#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 list. Arizona Western College is a medium-sized public school situated in Yuma, Arizona. It awarded 4 associates’s secondary teaching degrees 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 per year to attend Arizona Western College.

Full Arizona Western College 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 list. This medium-sized school is located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 20 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students list, RSC has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,632 for southwest region associate degree secondary teaching students per year to attend RSC.

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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