2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 teacher assistant/aide program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Cloud Technical and Community College

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$6,970 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Cloud Technical and Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s teacher assistant/aide students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St Cloud Technical and Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College is $6,970 for plains states region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full St Cloud Technical and Community College Teacher Assistant/Aide Report

#2

Northland Community and Technical College

Thief River Falls, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$9,246 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northland Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northland Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. It awarded 11 associates’s teacher assistant/aide degrees in 2019-2020.

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 $9,246 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Teacher Assistant/Aide students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northland Community and Technical College.

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

#3

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,177 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Sioux Center, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s teacher assistant/aide degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Dordt also made our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt University is $22,177 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Teacher Assistant/Aide students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Dordt University Teacher Assistant/Aide Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $30-$48k)

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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