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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 244 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 186 junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching. 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.
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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 Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard 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 Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Big Spring, Texas, and it awarded 13 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Read more about Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Howard County Junior College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navarro 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 in the Southwest Region. Navarro College is located in Corsicana, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 40 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
Full Navarro College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hill College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region. Hill College is located in Hillsboro, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Hill College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grayson 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 in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Denison, Texas, and it awarded 50 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 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Grayson College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Panola College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region list. Carthage, 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 27 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Panola College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
The University of Texas at Brownsville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. The University of Texas at Brownsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Brownsville, Texas. It awarded 3 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 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at Brownsville Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
College of the Mainland landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Texas City, Texas, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2021-2022.
Full COM Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Western Texas College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Snyder, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching 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%.
Read more about Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Western Texas College
With a ranking of #9, North Central Texas College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Gainesville, Texas, and it awarded 11 associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at North Central Texas College
Austin Community College District landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 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%.
Full Austin Community College District Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
South Texas College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region ranking. McAllen, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at South Texas College
Vernon College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region list. Vernon Regional Junior College is located in Vernon, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 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 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Vernon Regional Junior College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Collin County Community College District came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in McKinney, Texas, and it awarded 11 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 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Collin County Community College District Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
Amarillo College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school situated in Amarillo, 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 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%.
Full Amarillo College Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
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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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