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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
895 Degrees Awarded
$5,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,188 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 895 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree teacher education students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tarrant County College is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarrant County College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College is $5,434 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students with aid.

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#2

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s teacher education degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central New Mexico Community College is $3,429 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students with aid.

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#3

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Paso Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 164 degrees to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend El Paso Community College is $4,594 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students with aid.

Read more about Teacher Education at El Paso Community College

#5

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 86 diplomas to qualified associates’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also made our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students with aid per year to attend San Antonio College.

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#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. OSU Institute of Technology is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.

OSU Institute of Technology also took the #6 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,500 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students with aid per year to attend OSU Institute of Technology.

Read full report on Teacher Education at OSU Institute of Technology

#5 in overall quality

San Jacinto Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. San Jacinto College is a large public school situated in Pasadena, Texas. It awarded 254 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree teacher education students with aid.

Read full report on Teacher Education at San Jacinto College

#8 in overall quality

McLennan Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 22 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Teacher Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $6,752 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Teacher Education students with aid.

Full McLennan Community College Teacher Education Report

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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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