2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Secondary Education is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,134 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent secondary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the secondary education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$11,856 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeast Community College is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast also took the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,856 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Northeast Community College.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Northeast

#2

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$16,866 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Butler CC is a medium-sized public school situated in El Dorado, Kansas. It awarded 12 associates’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Butler CC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Butler Community College is $16,866 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Secondary Teaching students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Secondary Education at Butler Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education (Income $75-$110k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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