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2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$11,362 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,994 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teaching Assistants Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, teaching assistants was ranked #13 in the country. In fact 2,751 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for teaching assistants 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. 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 Teaching Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teaching Assistants Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Teaching Assistant/Aide

Our analysis found Chippewa Valley Technical College to be the best value school for teaching assistants students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Great Lakes Region . CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Eau Claire.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,683 per year.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at Chippewa Valley Technical College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public school with a large student population.

NWTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,849 in tuition and fees each year.

NWTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Teaching Assistants at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Northcentral Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching assistants schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Central Technical College are $5,415 per year.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at Northcentral Technical College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Waukesha County Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WCTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Pewaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WCTC are $6,603 a year. Teaching Assistants majors at WCTC take out an average of $24,110 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at Waukesha County Technical College

#5

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Alverno College is a great value for teaching assistants students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Alverno is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Alverno are $31,258 per year.

Full Teaching Assistants at Alverno College Report

Best Teaching Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best teaching assistants colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 2
Illinois 14
Michigan 7
Wisconsin 69

Teaching Assistants is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Teaching Assistants Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Assistant/Aide 2,003
Other Teaching Assistants/Aides 728
Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 IMCBerea College.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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