2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Education in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Education is the 178th most popular major in the country with 4,887 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 460 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,599 and $15,584 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other education.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree other education students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Other Education in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Akron Wayne College
Orrville, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Wayne College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Education at University of Akron Wayne College

2

Northwest State Community College
Archbold, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwest State Community College is a small school located in Archbold, Ohio that handed out 2 associates’s other education degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Other Education at Northwest State Community College

3

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 0 associates’s other education degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Other Education Report

4

Kent State University at Tuscarawas
New Philadelphia, Ohio

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Tuscarawas landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in New Philadelphia, Ohio, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s other education students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Education at Kent State University at Tuscarawas

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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