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2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Missouri

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

Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Missouri. With 7,906 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Missouri

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

Top Missouri Schools for an Associate in Education

#1

Three Rivers College

Poplar Bluff, MO

Our analysis found Three Rivers College to be the best school for education students who want to pursue a associate degree in Missouri. Located in the remote town of Poplar Bluff, Three Rivers College is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Southwest Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Bolivar.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Drury University - CCPS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Springfield.

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Best Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 4,776
Minnesota 9,682
Iowa 3,392
South Dakota 1,045
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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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