2024 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
5
Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
473
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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for elementary education students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 473 associate degrees in elementary education to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Elementary Education School for Your Associate Degree
The elementary teaching associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality elementary teaching program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to elementary education students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of elementary education students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized elementary education related body.
Our complete 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.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.