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2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$4,536 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,224 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 3rd in Connecticut. In fact, 2,995 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Manchester Community College the best value school in Connecticut for education students working on their associate degree. MCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Manchester.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,516 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 3 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Capital Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Hartford.

Capital Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,596 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Gateway Community College

New Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Gateway Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Gateway Community College are $4,496 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Gateway Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for education in Connecticut.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
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

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.

  • 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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