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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,832 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,766 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 43,297 teacher education subject specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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.

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 Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for subject specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Teacher Education Subject Specific

#1

Three Rivers College

Poplar Bluff, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Three Rivers College the best value school in the Plains States Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their associate degree. Three Rivers College is a small public school located in the remote town of Poplar Bluff.

Three Rivers College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,510 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, subject specific ed graduates from Three Rivers College carry an average student debtload of $15,873.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Three Rivers College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northeast Community College is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their associate degree. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeast are $5,010 a year.

Northeast also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #1.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at Northeast Community College Report

#3

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

The excellent associate degree programs at Butler Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Plains States Region . Butler CC is a medium-sized public school located in the town of El Dorado.

Butler CC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,976 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,189
Kansas 711
Minnesota 1,158
Iowa 599
South Dakota 198
North Dakota 312
Nebraska 451

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

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

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

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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