2022 Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in teacher assistant/aide. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher assistant/aide programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Cloud Technical and Community College

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$9,044 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 $48-$75k. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a public institution located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St Cloud Technical and Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College is $9,044 for plains states region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Northland Community and Technical College

Thief River Falls, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$10,633 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s teacher assistant/aide students in 2019-2020.

Northland Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,633 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Teacher Assistant/Aide students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Northland Community and Technical College.

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#3

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,821 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Dordt University 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 took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dordt is $22,821 for plains states region associate degree teacher assistant/aide students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%.

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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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