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2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,177 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Associate Degree School for You

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 702 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey 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.

2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in General Education

Our 2023 rankings named Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus the best value school in New Jersey for general education students working on their associate degree. RCSJ is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Sewell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate 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.

RCSJ also made our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #2.

Full General Education at Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brookdale Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

Brookdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, education majors at Brookdale Community College accumulate an average of around $11,073 in student debt.

Brookdale Community College also made our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on General Education at Brookdale Community College

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,014
New York 604
Maryland 1,286
District of Columbia 79
Delaware 134

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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