2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in New Jersey

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 9,653 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States.

Across New Jersey, there were 370 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 103 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,217 and $13,998 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in New Jersey”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in New Jersey

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Essex County College
Newark, New Jersey

Top 20% overall quality in New Jersey

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Essex County College landed the #1 spot on the list. Essex is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 47 associates’s teacher education degrees to qualified students.

Full Essex Teacher Education Report

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Camden County College
Blackwood, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Camden County College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Teacher Education Major in New Jersey list. This medium-sized school is located in Blackwood, New Jersey, and it awarded 56 associates’s teacher education degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Teacher Education at Camden County College

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

• *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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