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2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$24,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,236 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teaching Assistants 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.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for teaching assistants students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Teaching Assistant/Aide

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for teaching assistants students. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Teaching Assistant/Aide Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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$9,552 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Assistant/Aide Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $9,552 a year. After completing their degree, teaching assistants graduates from UOPX - Arizona carry an average student debtload of $24,555.

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Best Teaching Assistants Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 7
Texas 70
New Mexico 0

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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