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2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 9,682 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for an Associate in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Minnesota the best school in Minnesota for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. ATCC is a small public school located in the town of Alexandria.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
Missouri 7,906
Nebraska 4,167
North Dakota 1,291

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 3 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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