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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,447 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,979 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, teacher education grade specific was the most popular one in Minnesota. In total, 2,595 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Minnesota.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Minnesota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our analysis found Alexandria Technical & Community College to be the best value school for teacher education grade specific students who want to pursue a associate degree in Minnesota. ATCC is a small public school located in the town of Alexandria.

ATCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,910 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ATCC also took the #2 spot in our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Alexandria Technical & Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means St Cloud Technical and Community College is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their associate degree. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $5,874 per year.

St Cloud Technical and Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - Minnesota undergraduate students pay an average of $13,558 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Grade Specific Ed majors at Rasmussen University - Minnesota take out an average of $22,477 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is ranked #1 for overall quality for grade specific ed in Minnesota.

Full Teacher Education Grade Specific at Rasmussen University - Minnesota Report

Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,622
Kansas 1,769
Iowa 1,604
South Dakota 406
North Dakota 490
Nebraska 956

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teacher education grade specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Grade Specific Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 43,003
Early Childhood Education 32,920
Secondary Education 10,547
Teacher Education 9,949
Teacher Development & Methodology 6,165
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3,517
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 2,450
Adult & Continuing Education 1,074
Montessori Teacher Education 252
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods 140
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching 105
Online Educator/Online Teaching 79
International Teaching and Learning 25

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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