2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

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 “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,205 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,604 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 97 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Salem University

Salem, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$25,871 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Salem is a small school located in Salem, West Virginia that handed out 4 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salem, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salem is $25,871 for southeast region associate degree teacher education students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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

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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