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2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,547 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,224 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 14,970 degrees and certificates from an Utah school, making the subject the 3rd 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.

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 Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Utah 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Check out the education associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Education

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Salt Lake Community College the best value school in Utah for education students working on their associate degree. Salt Lake Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $4,086 per year.

Salt Lake Community College also made our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Utah list. UVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Orem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $6,010 per year.

UVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Utah. WSU is a very large public school located in the small city of Ogden.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,228 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#4

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Dixie State University is a great value for education students working on their associate degree. Dixie State College is a large public school located in the small city of Saint George.

Dixie State College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,862 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Dixie State College also made our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #4.

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,271
Montana 960
Idaho 1,626
Wyoming 529

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 4 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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