2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 190 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 adult and continuing education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma Christian University

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$18,686 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. OC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k list, OC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma Christian University is $18,686 for southwest region bachelor’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at OC

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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