2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 32,654 people earned their degree in general educational leadership and administration, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States.

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

This year’s “Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general educational leadership and administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general educational leadership and administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general educational leadership and administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration (With Aid)

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,320 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Salado College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree educational leadership and administration students with aid list, Rio Salado College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rio Salado College is $9,320 for associate degree educational leadership and administration students with aid.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at Rio Salado College

#2

Glendale Community College

Glendale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$8,597 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Glendale Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 1 associates’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Glendale Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,597 for Associate Degree Educational Leadership and Administration students with aid per year to attend Glendale Community College.

Full Glendale Community College General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

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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