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2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$33,590 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,994 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teaching Assistants Associate Degree School for You

With 2 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teaching assistants is the #13 most popular major in Iowa.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in Iowa ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Teaching Assistants Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Teaching Assistants Associate Degree School

#1

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA

Our analysis found Dordt University to be the best value school for teaching assistants students who want to pursue a associate degree in Iowa. Located in the town of Sioux Center, Dordt is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dordt are $33,590 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Dordt is ranked #1 for overall quality for teaching assistants in Iowa.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at Dordt University

Best Value Teaching Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Teaching Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2
Kansas 0
Minnesota 35
South Dakota 0
North Dakota 4
Nebraska 0

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, teaching assistants has other similar majors worth exploring.

Teaching Assistants Focus Areas

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

Majors Similar to Teaching Assistants

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 values are for the top school 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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