2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Far Western US Region
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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 Secondary Teaching Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 11,071 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,306 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 66 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,376 and $17,339 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree secondary teaching students.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Nevada landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Southern Nevada is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full College of Southern Nevada Secondary Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truckee Meadows Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in the Far Western US Region list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s secondary teaching degrees to 2 students 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 full report on Secondary Education at Truckee Meadows Community College
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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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