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2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,809 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Associate Degree School for You

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in General Education

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Our analysis found Southern Maine Community College to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,754 per year. On average, education graduates from SMCC take out $14,630 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full General Education at Southern Maine Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a great value for general education students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Concord, NHTI is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NHTI are $15,450 per year. Education majors at NHTI take out an average of $15,175 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

NHTI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

Full General Education at NHTI-Concord’s Community College Report

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bunker Hill Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. BHCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BHCC are $10,224 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BHCC is ranked #1 for overall quality for education in the New England Region .

Full General Education at Bunker Hill Community College Report

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,285
Connecticut 368
New Hampshire 319
Maine 151
Rhode Island 64
Vermont 137

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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