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2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Teaching Assistants Basic Certificate School for You

With 18 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teaching assistants is the #13 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for teaching assistants 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 Teaching Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware County Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for teaching assistants students working on their basic certificate. Delaware County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Media.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Delaware County Community College are $9,900 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delaware County Community College is ranked #4 for overall quality for teaching assistants in Pennsylvania.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northampton County Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of Bethlehem, Northampton Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northampton Community College are $10,350 per year.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at Northampton County Area Community College

Best Value Teaching Assistants Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 5
New York 364
Maryland 2

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 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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