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2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

58 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 58 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Education Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Florida the best school in the Southeast Region for education students working on their associate degree. Rasmussen University - Florida is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Ocala.

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#2

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Campbell University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stanly Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Central Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Southeast Region . Central Piedmont Community College is a large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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#5

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA

Out of the 58 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Military College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Georgia Military College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Milledgeville.

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Itawamba Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. ICC is a small public school located in the remote town of Fulton.

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#7

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

With a ranking of #7, Southern Adventist University did quite well on this year’s best schools for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

Brenau University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Gainesville.

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#9

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Broward College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree education programs. Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

St Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL

St Petersburg College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Clearwater, SPC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 7,730
West Virginia 1,515
South Carolina 3,980
Florida 10,069
Virginia 9,522
Arkansas 4,954
Mississippi 4,219
Louisiana 2,977
Alabama 5,059
Kentucky 5,329
Georgia 9,722
Tennessee 5,194

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

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 25 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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