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2023 Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$15,864 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,354 Avg Student Debt*

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Utah ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Utah to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for teaching 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. 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.

Top Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
68 Total Awards
$12,734 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Salt Lake Community College to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a associate degree in Utah. Salt Lake Community College is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 68 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $12,734 a year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $13,550 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Salt Lake Community College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 48% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Salt Lake Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Utah rankings.

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117 Total Awards
$17,092 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent associate degree programs at Utah Valley University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Utah. UVU is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 117 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UVU are $17,092 a year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $14,381 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

UVU does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 70% took at least some of their classes online.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UVU is ranked #1 for overall quality in Utah.

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#3

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah
17 Total Awards
$16,644 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Utah list. This large public school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 17 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $16,644 per year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $20,128 in student loans.

WSU does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 59% took at least some of their classes online.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WSU is ranked #2 for overall quality in Utah.

Full Weber State University Report

#4

Dixie State University

Saint George, Utah
9 Total Awards
$16,986 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent associate degree programs at Dixie State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Utah. Dixie State University is a fairly large public school located in Saint George, Utah that handed out 9 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Dixie State College are $16,986 a year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $18,245 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

One thing to take note of is that Dixie State College does offer online classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 47% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Dixie State College also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Utah rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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