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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 3,583 people earned their degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 323 junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,642 and $15,171 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Montgomery County Community College is a public institution located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northampton County Area Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Philadelphia landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Allegheny County landed the #4 spot on the list. CCAC is a fairly large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 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 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Community College of Allegheny County
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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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