2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Teacher Assistant/Aide is the 461st most popular major in the country with 1,785 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 68 teacher assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 48 teacher assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teacher assistant/aide. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher assistant/aide programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teacher assistant/aide program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Cloud Technical and Community College

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$7,142 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Cloud Technical and Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 15 associates’s teacher assistant/aide degrees in 2019-2020.

St Cloud Technical and Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $7,142 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Teacher Assistant/Aide students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College.

Read more about Teacher Assistant/Aide at St Cloud Technical and Community College

#2

Northland Community and Technical College

Thief River Falls, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$8,516 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northland Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Northland Community and Technical College is located in Thief River Falls, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s teacher assistant/aide degrees to qualified students.

Northland Community and Technical College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $8,516 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Teacher Assistant/Aide students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northland Community and Technical College.

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#3

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$24,967 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Dordt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dordt also made our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $24,967 for plains states region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Dordt University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Teacher Assistant/Aide at Dordt University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $0-$30k)

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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