2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Education is the 28th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,064 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 50 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree general education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$5,800 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh Carbon Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 21 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

LCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $5,800 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree General Education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend LCCC.

Read full report on General Education at LCCC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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