2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 English Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General English Literature is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2,293 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,481 and $23,409 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general English literature 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 general English literature program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value English 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 english students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$14,884 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value English Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 1 associates’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University - CCPS also took the #1 spot in our “Best General English Literature Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,884 for Plains States Region Associate Degree English students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Drury University - CCPS.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General English Literature (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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