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2023 Most Popular Online Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 97% of the education majors at the school.

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#1

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA

Our analysis found Georgia Military College to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southeast Region . Georgia Military College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Milledgeville.

Of the 138 students majoring in education at Georgia Military College, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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Out of the 44 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a great place for education students working on their online associate degree. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wesson.

About 59% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 41% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Holmes Community College is a great place for education students working on their online associate degree. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#6

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

Stanly Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Albemarle, Stanly Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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#7

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

Pitt Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Pitt Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Winterville.

Women make up 97% of the education majors at the school.

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East Mississippi Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the remote area of Scooba, EMCC is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in education at EMCC, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, Haywood Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online associate degree. Haywood Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Clyde.

Of the 30 students majoring in education at Haywood Community College, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Jefferson Community and Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree education programs. Located in the large city of Louisville, Jefferson Community and Technical College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 14% are male.

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Explore the most popular online education schools 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 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 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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