2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value 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 value associate degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a associate degree.
Top 10 Best Education Associate Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Itawamba Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for education students working on their associate degree. ICC is a small public school located in the remote town of Fulton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ICC are $5,360 per year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Georgia Military College is a great value for education students working on their associate degree. Georgia Military College is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Milledgeville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Military College are $6,390 per year.
Out of the 58 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanly Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
Stanly Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,245 in tuition and fees each year.
Stanly Technical College also took the #5 spot in our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.
Out of the 58 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Georgia Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CGTC are $5,442 per year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Holmes Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Holmes Community College are $6,210 per year.
Atlanta Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Atlanta Area Tech is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Atlanta Area Tech are $5,564 per year.
Georgia Piedmont Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Clarkston, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Georgia Piedmont Technical College are $5,578 a year.
With a ranking of #8, Albany Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their associate degree. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Albany Technical College are $5,396 per year.
Vance-Granville Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Vance-Granville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Henderson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Vance-Granville Community College are $6,552 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Georgia Northwestern Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Rome, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,462 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Georgia Northwestern Technical College also did well on our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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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 |
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Education Related Majors for Education
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 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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