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2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

16 Colleges
$22,224 Avg Salary
$13,640 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You

With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Check out the education associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Education Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Urban College of Boston the best school in the New England Region for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Urban College of Boston is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Middlesex Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bedford.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Community College of Vermont helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of Montpelier, CCV is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a great place for education students working on their associate degree. NHTI is a small public school located in the fringe town of Concord.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Springfield Technical Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. STCC is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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#6

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Bristol Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fall River, Bristol is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#7

Granite State College

Concord, NH

Granite State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree education programs. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Manchester Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Manchester, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

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#9

Fisher College

Boston, MA

Fisher College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Fisher College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Quinsigamond Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Worcester, Quinsigamond Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Education Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
Connecticut 2,995
Vermont 638

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Horadrim.

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