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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$7,773 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,766 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific students earned 764 degrees and certificates from a New Jersey school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for subject specific ed 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Teacher Education Subject Specific

#1

Essex County College

Newark, NJ

Our analysis found Essex County College to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. Located in the city of Newark, Essex is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Essex undergraduate students pay an average of $8,966 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Essex also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Teacher Education Subject Specific at Essex County College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Sewell, RCSJ is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RCSJ are $5,550 per year.

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

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Out of the 3 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Brookdale Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Brookdale Community College are $8,804 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Brookdale Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for subject specific ed in New Jersey.

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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,776
New York 5,484
Maryland 576
District of Columbia 29
Delaware 122

Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Subject Specific Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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