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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
895 Degrees Awarded
$5,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,188 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 895 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher 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 teacher education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 51 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $2,604 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full CNM Teacher Education Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Tarrant County College District is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 15 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,225 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tarrant County College.

Read more about Teacher Education at Tarrant County College

#3

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Paso Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teacher education degrees to 164 students in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend El Paso Community College is $3,978 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full El Paso Community College Teacher Education Report

#5

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 86 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also made our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,183 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Antonio College.

Full San Antonio College Teacher Education Report

#6 in overall quality

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is $4,771 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Teacher Education at OSU Institute of Technology

#8 in overall quality

McLennan Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Waco, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $5,970 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Teacher Education at MCC

#5 in overall quality

San Jacinto Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teacher education degrees to 254 students in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,232 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full San Jacinto Community College Teacher Education Report

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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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