2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $48-$75k)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Curriculum & Instruction is the 57th most popular major in the country with 18,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, curriculum and instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,708 and had an average of $36,052 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great curriculum and instruction programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the curriculum and instruction program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Curriculum & Instruction (Income $48-$75k)

#1

New Mexico State University - Alamogordo

Alamogordo, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$6,418 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Curriculum Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Alamogordo landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and it awarded 6 associates’s curriculum degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Alamogordo also made our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Alamogordo is $6,418 for associate degree curriculum students whose families make $48-$75k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at NMSU Alamogordo

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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