2025 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools
30
Colleges in the United States
1,817
Associate Degrees
Elementary Education is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #65 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 30 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,817 associate degrees in elementary education during the <nil> academic year.
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Choosing a Great Elementary Education School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of elementary education for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on elementary education students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other elementary education students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized elementary education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for elementary education students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Elementary Education Schools
The elementary teaching 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 the Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools.