by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,751 people earned their degree in teaching assistants, making the major the 244th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, teaching assistants graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $19,238 and had an average of $10,167 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 97 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,236 and $16,590 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 74 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in teaching assistants. That schools that top this list have a program in teaching assistants in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region list. TSTC is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 67 associates’s teaching assistants degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s teaching assistants students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region. Los Alamos, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teaching assistants degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #3 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is a small public school situated in Carlsbad, New Mexico. It awarded 0 associates’s teaching assistants degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 0 associates’s teaching assistants degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Vista College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teaching assistants degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Palo Alto College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region list. Palo Alto College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s teaching assistants degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Grants landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Grants, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 associates’s teaching assistants degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clovis Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Clovis, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 associates’s teaching assistants degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teaching Assistants Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Dona Ana is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s teaching assistants degrees to qualified students.
Full New Mexico State University - Dona Ana Teaching Assistants Report
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