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Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,505 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Teaching Assistants Basic Certificate School for You

Teaching Assistants is the #13 most popular major in the country with 2,751 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which basic certificate 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. 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 Teaching Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teaching Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Teaching Assistant/Aide

Our analysis found Delaware County Community College to be the best value school for teaching assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delaware County Community College are $13,740 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Northampton County Area Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching assistants schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northampton Community College are $15,270 a year.

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Best Teaching Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best teaching assistants schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 5
Pennsylvania 18
New York 364
Maryland 2

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

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 2 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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