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2022 Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,819 people earned their degree in teaching assistants, making the major the 243rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, teaching assistants graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,850 and had an average of $7,654 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in teaching assistants. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teaching assistants programs and 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 teaching assistants program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree teaching assistants students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching Assistants (Income $0-$30k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Reno, Nevada, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching assistants students in 2019-2020.

UNR also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teaching Assistants Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. ISU is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 6 masters’s teaching assistants degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree teaching assistants students whose families make $0-$30k list, ISU has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Teaching Assistants Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Robert Morris University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Robert Morris University is located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s teaching assistants degrees to qualified students.

RMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teaching Assistants Master’s Degree Schools” list.

Read more about Teaching Assistants at Robert Morris University

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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