2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 190 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing 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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The adult and continuing ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Cochise County Community College District

Sierra Vista, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,543 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cochise County Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Cochise County Community College District is a small school located in Sierra Vista, Arizona that handed out 5 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Cochise College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Cochise College is $6,543 for southwest region associate degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Cochise County Community College District

#2

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$8,482 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, Rio Salado College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,482 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Adult and Continuing Ed students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Rio Salado College.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Rio Salado College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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