2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 987 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 174 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 adult & continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult & continuing education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in adult & continuing education.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree adult and continuing ed students.
Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cochise County Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Cochise College is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Cochise County Community College District Adult & Continuing Education Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Salado College landed the #2 spot on the list. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Rio Salado College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Incarnate Word. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. University of the Incarnate Word is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 associates’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of the Incarnate Word Adult & Continuing Education Report
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
- *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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