2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. 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 Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Pennsylvania to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular 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 Pennsylvania
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Our 2023 rankings named Montgomery County Community College the most popular school in Pennsylvania for teaching students working on their associate degree. Located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, the medium-sized public school handed out 62 associate degree awards in 2020-2021.
Full-time students from Pennsylvania pay an average of $10,350 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Montco. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $14,970. Associate Degree recipients from Montco accumulate an average of $16,836 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 84% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 91% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Our analysis found Delaware County Community College to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Located in Media, Pennsylvania, the medium-sized public school handed out 81 associate degree awards in 2020-2021.
Full-time students from Pennsylvania pay an average of $9,900 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Delaware County Community College. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $13,740. On average, associate degree students take out $18,610 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 93% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 94% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucks County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Bucks County Community College is a public institution located in Newtown, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 62 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $9,098 in tuition and fees if they attend Bucks County Community College full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $13,298. On average, associate degree students take out $14,131 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 57% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent associate degree programs at Lehigh Carbon Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Pennsylvania. LCCC is a public institution located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 47 associate degrees in 2020-2021.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at LCCC is $8,430. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $12,060. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,841 in student loans. Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 7 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the # 5 spot on the list. Clarion, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Clarion University is $11,173. Out-of-state students pay an average of $16,052. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,043 in student loans. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Clarks Summit University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. South Abington Township, Pennsylvania is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associate degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Around 40% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Reading Area Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree teaching programs. Reading, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $10,170 in tuition and fees if they attend RACC full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $11,220. Associate Degree recipients from RACC accumulate an average of $19,017 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 77% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 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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