2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Education for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
88
Degrees Awarded
$19,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Education for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,949 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,960 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 88 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Education for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying teacher education.
Top 1 Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Education for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem University landed the #1 spot on the list. Salem is located in Salem, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree vets studying teacher education list, Salem has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Salem supports 1,008 students, and 39 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 33 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,801. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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