2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,604 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 97 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher 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 Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Salem University

Salem, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$23,012 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Salem, West Virginia, and it awarded 4 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Salem did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Salem University is $23,012 for southeast region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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