2025 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Indiana

If you plan on getting your associate degree in education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #12 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for education students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 476 associate degrees in education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of education students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt education students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for education students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Education Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Education in Indiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in education.

Top Indiana Schools for an Associate in Education

1

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global if you wish to pursue an associate degree in education. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Marion.More information about a associate in education from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

2

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

329 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in education has to check out Ivy Tech Community College. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public college located in the large city of Indianapolis.More information about a associate in education from Ivy Tech Community College

Best Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	38	237
Ohio	36	853
Wisconsin	31	394
Illinois	30	131

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	307
General Education	167
Teacher Education Subject Specific	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Library Science	16

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.