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2023 Best Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Schools Ranked
$24,311 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,061 Avg Student Debt*

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. 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 and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee 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.

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.

Top Value Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee
1 Total Awards
$23,210 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Adventist University the best value school in Tennessee for teaching students working on their associate degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Collegedale, Tennessee, and it awarded 1 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

Southern Adventist undergraduate students pay an average of $23,210 in tuition and fees each year. On average, associate degree students take out $24,595 in loans while pursuing their degree.

One thing to take note of is that Southern Adventist does offer online classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 39% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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

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#2

Cumberland University

Lebanon, Tennessee
12 Total Awards
$25,412 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cumberland University is a great place for teaching students working on their associate degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. CU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lebanon, Tennessee. It awarded 12 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at CU are $25,412 a year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $6,077 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at CU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 0% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

CU also made our Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #2.

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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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