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2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,992 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, general education was ranked 7th in Missouri. In fact, 493 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in General Education

Our analysis found Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a associate degree in Missouri. Located in the city of Springfield, Drury University - CCPS is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Drury University - CCPS are $7,924 a year.

Full General Education at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies Report

Out of the 2 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Baptist University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Baptist University are $26,060 per year.

Full General Education at Southwest Baptist University Report

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 373
Minnesota 2,028
Iowa 226
South Dakota 88
North Dakota 24
Nebraska 59

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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