2023 Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Vermont

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 or bootcamp 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 Associate Degree Schools in Vermont ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Vermont to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

Top Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Vermont

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Community College of Vermont

Montpelier, Vermont

54 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Vermont

$13,640 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Community College of Vermont to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a associate degree in Vermont. CCV is a medium-sized public school situated in Montpelier, Vermont. It awarded 54 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

CCV undergraduate students pay an average of $13,640 in tuition and fees each year. On average, associate degree students take out $13,519 in loans while pursuing their degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since CCV does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 90% took at least some of their classes online.

CCV also made our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Vermont list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

1 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Vermont

$26,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Vermont that were part of this year’s value ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is a small public school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 1 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Vermont University are $26,892 per year.

Northern Vermont University does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 46% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Northern Vermont University also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Vermont rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• 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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