2025 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
114Associate Degrees
Ranked #65 in popularity, elementary education is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 114 associate degrees in elementary education to qualified students.
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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
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 colleges for elementary education students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Elementary Education in the Great Lakes Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in elementary education.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Elementary Teaching
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).