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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Tennessee, there were 631 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 257 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

#1

Cumberland University

Lebanon, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$24,458 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cumberland University landed the #1 spot on the list. CU is a small school located in Lebanon, Tennessee that handed out 9 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

CU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for CU is $24,458 for Tennessee Associate Degree General Education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at Cumberland University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

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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