2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,785 people earned their degree in teacher assistant/aide, making the major the 461st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 92 teacher assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 teacher assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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 Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,576 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. TSTC is a fairly large public school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 63 associates’s teacher assistant/aide degrees in 2019-2020.

TSTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $12,576 for southwest region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$14,939 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s teacher assistant/aide degrees to qualified students.

UOPX - Arizona also made our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $14,939 for southwest region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $48-$75k)

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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