2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Individualized Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Individualized Studies is the 35th most popular major in the country with 36,493 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,189 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,000 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in individualized studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality individualized studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the individualized studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree individualized studies students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$4,295 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. MCC is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 223 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $4,295 for plains states region associate degree individualized studies students.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at Metropolitan Community College

#2

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$7,908 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozarks Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. OTC is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 738 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Individualized Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ozarks Technical Community College is $7,908 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Individualized Studies students.

Read more about Individualized Studies at OTC

#3

William Penn University

Oskaloosa, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$20,637 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, William Penn University landed the #3 spot on the list. William Penn University is a small school located in Oskaloosa, Iowa that handed out 1 associates’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

William Penn University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Individualized Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $20,637 for plains states region associate degree individualized studies students per year to attend William Penn University.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at William Penn University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies

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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