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2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
522 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3,978 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,880 and $28,188 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 522 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education 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 general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Middlesex County College

Edison, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlesex County College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Edison, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 90 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

Middlesex County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Middlesex County College is $6,649 for middle atlantic region associate degree education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at Middlesex County College

#2

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lehigh Carbon Community College is a medium-sized school located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania that handed out 21 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

LCCC also made our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for LCCC is $7,117 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at LCCC

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Baltimore County landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

CCBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Community College of Baltimore County is $8,242 for middle atlantic region associate degree education students with aid.

Read full report on General Education at Community College of Baltimore County

#4

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 45 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

University of the District of Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of the District of Columbia is $15,894 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Education students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of the District of Columbia General Education Report

#5

Brookdale Community College

Lincroft, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brookdale Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Brookdale Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Lincroft, New Jersey. It awarded 122 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree education students with aid list, Brookdale Community College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brookdale Community College is $9,156 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Education students with aid.

Full Brookdale Community College General Education Report

#6

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York
#3 in overall quality

SUNY Empire State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $12,142 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Education students with aid per year to attend SUNY Empire State College.

Read full report on General Education at SUNY Empire

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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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