With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Massachusetts” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Massachusetts, there were 39 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 0 junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,135 and $11,600 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Massachusetts” list to help you make the college 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 Massachusetts”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Essex 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 Massachusetts list. Located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 0 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 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%.
Full Northern Essex Community College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
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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