2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Michigan

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.

Across Michigan, there were 203 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,608 and $18,344 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Michigan

1

Henry Ford College
Dearborn, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Henry Ford College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified associates’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at Henry Ford College

2

Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Washtenaw Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s secondary teaching degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at Washtenaw Community College

3

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

#13 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan list. Ferris State University is a fairly large school located in Big Rapids, Michigan that handed out 5 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at Ferris

4

Macomb Community College
Warren, Michigan

#18 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Macomb Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan list. Macomb Community College is a fairly large school located in Warren, Michigan that handed out 0 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Macomb Community College Secondary Education Report

4

Gogebic Community College
Ironwood, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gogebic Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan list. Gogebic Community College is a small public school situated in Ironwood, Michigan. It awarded 0 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Secondary Education at Gogebic Community College

4

Alpena Community College
Alpena, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alpena Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Michigan. This small school is located in Alpena, Michigan, and it awarded 0 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Alpena Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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