2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching Assistants (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

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Teaching Assistants is the 243rd most popular major in the country with 1,819 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 202 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teaching assistants 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 teaching assistants 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 Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching Assistants (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Nevada - Reno is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 8 masters’s teaching assistants degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR also made our “Best Teaching Assistants Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Teaching Assistants at UNR

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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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