2023 Best Value General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in General Education
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 college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SMCC are $6,754 a year. On average, education graduates from SMCC take out $14,630 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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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.
NHTI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,450 in tuition and fees each year. Education majors at NHTI take out an average of $15,175 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NHTI also is in the top 10% of our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Bunker Hill Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the New England Region . BHCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BHCC are $10,224 a year.
BHCC also made our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #1.
Request InformationBest General Education Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,285 |
| Connecticut | 368 |
| New Hampshire | 319 |
| Maine | 151 |
| Rhode Island | 64 |
| Vermont | 137 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| 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).
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