2022 Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s

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 Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Teaching Assistants is the 243rd most popular major in the country with 1,819 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, teaching assistants graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,850 and had an average of $7,654 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in teaching assistants. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teaching assistants programs that also have a lower cost than 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 teaching assistants program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The teaching assistants school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree teaching assistants students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching Assistants

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 8 masters’s teaching assistants degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR also made our “Best Teaching Assistants Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971.

Read more about Teaching Assistants at UNR

#2

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$26,839 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Robert Morris University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s. This small school is located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 7 masters’s teaching assistants degrees in 2019-2020.

RMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Teaching Assistants Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at Robert Morris University

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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