2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education
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Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,271 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education programs, but they also 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
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate.
Top 16 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 56 degrees to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree teacher education students list, Essex has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Essex County College is $11,443 for associate degree teacher education students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate. Tarrant County College District is a large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 15 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree teacher education students list, Tarrant County College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $5,434 for associate degree teacher education students per year to attend Tarrant County College District.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware Technical Community College - Terry. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate. Located in Dover, Delaware, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Delaware Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Delaware Tech is $8,824 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate list. CNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $3,429 for associate degree teacher education students per year to attend CNM.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Camden County College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate. Camden County College is located in Blackwood, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
Camden County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Camden County College is $6,603 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students.
Delaware County Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. Media, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teacher education degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
Delaware County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,597 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend Delaware County Community College.
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El Paso Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 164 diplomas to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.
El Paso Community College also made our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for El Paso Community College is $4,594 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students.
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San Jacinto Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. San Jacinto College is a public institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 254 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
San Jacinto College also made our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto College is $8,692 for associate degree teacher education students.
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Salt Lake Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. Salt Lake Community College is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 73 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salt Lake Community College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,963 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend Salt Lake Community College.
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Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. OSU Institute of Technology is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our associate degree teacher education students list, OSU Institute of Technology has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,500 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend OSU Institute of Technology.
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McLennan Community College landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. McLennan Community College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
MCC also made our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $6,752 for associate degree teacher education students.
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San Antonio College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 86 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Antonio College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $5,882 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students per year to attend San Antonio College.
Owens Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #14. Owens State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perrysburg, Ohio that handed out 22 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree teacher education students list, Owens State Community College has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Owens State Community College is $8,323 for associate degree teacher education students.
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Three Rivers College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate ranking. Three Rivers College is a small public school situated in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. It awarded 2 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.
Three Rivers College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,362 for associate degree teacher education students per year to attend Three Rivers College.
With a ranking of #16, Salem University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate list. Salem University is located in Salem, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salem, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salem University is $21,790 for Associate Degree Teacher Education students.
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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%.
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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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