2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,447 people earned their degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management, making the major the 301st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 345 crisis/emergency/disaster management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 crisis/emergency/disaster management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in crisis/emergency/disaster management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great crisis/emergency/disaster management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the crisis/emergency/disaster management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Century College

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$9,441 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Century College is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees to qualified students.

Century College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Century College is $9,441 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$16,991 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Waldorf University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Forest City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s crisis/emergency/disaster management degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Waldorf also made our “Best Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $16,991 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Waldorf.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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