by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching is the 197th most popular major in the country with 3,583 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 348 junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major” ranking analyzed 31 colleges that offered a degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching. That schools that top this list have a program in junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozarka College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major. This small school is located in Melbourne, Arkansas, and it awarded 24 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major. Big Spring, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 31 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU-Beebe is located in Beebe, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 37 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navarro College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major. Navarro College is a medium-sized school located in Corsicana, Texas that handed out 40 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 31 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Hill College landed the #5 spot on the list. Hill College is a small public school situated in Hillsboro, Texas. It awarded 0 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
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Grayson College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Denison, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 50 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Grayson College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Arkansas State University - Mountain Home came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. ASUMH is a small public school situated in Mountain Home, Arkansas. It awarded 18 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
Panola College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Carthage, Texas, this small public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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Georgia Military College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. Located in Morrilton, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
Arkansas State University - Newport did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Newport, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. UC Blue Ash College is located in Blue Ash, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
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%.
With a ranking of #13, University of Cincinnati - Clermont College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. University of Cincinnati - Clermont College is located in Batavia, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Brownsville came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. Located in Brownsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
College of the Mainland did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking, coming in at #15. College of the Mainland is a small public school situated in Texas City, Texas. It awarded 2 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
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Montgomery County Community College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 13 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, Northampton County Area Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
Western Texas College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Snyder, Texas, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Western Texas College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
With a ranking of #19, Northern Essex Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #20, Community College of Philadelphia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Community College of Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
North Central Texas College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. Located in Gainesville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Austin Community College District landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 9 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
South Texas College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major ranking, coming in at #23. South Texas College is a large public school situated in McAllen, Texas. It awarded 18 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
Full South Texas College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
With a ranking of #24, Vernon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Located in Vernon, Texas, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Collin County Community College District ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major list. Collin County Community College District is a public institution located in McKinney, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
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