2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California
It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Touro University Worldwide is a great place for teaching students working on their associate degree. TUW is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Alamitos, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend TUW, expect to pay an average of $14,640 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 55% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanguard University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in California list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Costa Mesa, California, and it awarded 1 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees at Vanguard is $37,700. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Vanguard is an excellent choice, since the school is online.
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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Shasta Bible College and Graduate School landed the # 4 spot on the list.
If you want to attend Shasta Bible College and Graduate School, expect to pay an average of $12,860 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 77% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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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%.
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