2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Associate Degree School for You
With 29,810 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general education is the #5 most popular major in the United States.
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a associate degree.
Top 10 Best General Education Associate Degree Schools
Our analysis found Santa Fe Community College to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Located in the small suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public school with a small student population.
SFCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,995 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools list. Northeast is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Norfolk.
Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $5,010 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Northeast also is in the top 5% of our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools list. RCSJ is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Sewell.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RCSJ are $5,550 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, education majors at RCSJ accumulate an average of around $10,093 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are $7,250 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stark State College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools list. Stark State College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of North Canton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Stark State College are $7,406 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, education majors at Stark State College accumulate an average of around $19,498 in student debt.
Southern Maine Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,754 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, education graduates from SMCC carry an average student debtload of $14,630.
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Ivy Tech Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,225.
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Pima Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools ranking. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pima County Community College District are $7,566 a year.
Lehigh Carbon Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Schnecksville, LCCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
LCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,060 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, education majors at LCCC accumulate an average of around $12,214 in student debt.
With a ranking of #10, El Paso Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Paso Community College are $5,314 per year.
General Education by Region
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Education Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 29,810 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.
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