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2023 Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California

3 Schools Ranked
$29,833 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$16,665 Avg Student Debt

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#2

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California
$45,388 Average Tuition & Fees
$24,268 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California list.

If you want to attend MSMU, expect to pay an average of $45,388 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,268 in student loans.

One thing to take note of is that MSMU does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses landed the # 3 spot on the list.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Humphreys University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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