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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$7,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The general education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. LCCC is located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 associates’s general education degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $7,117 for pennsylvania associate degree general education students with aid per year to attend LCCC.

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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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