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2023 Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

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

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.

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.

The Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 53 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our analysis found Urban College of Boston to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, Urban College of Boston is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 99% of the education majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Montpelier, CCV is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 54 students majoring in education at CCV, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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#3

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Out of the 53 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fall River, Bristol is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in education at Bristol, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Warwick, CCRI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 98% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 2% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Middlesex Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bedford.

Of the 34 students majoring in education at Middlesex Community College, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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#6

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Southern Maine Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. SMCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of South Portland.

About 88% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 12% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Bunker Hill Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Boston, BHCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 90% of the education majors at the school.

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Quinsigamond Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of Worcester, Quinsigamond Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in education at Quinsigamond Community College, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Kennebec Valley Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Fairfield.

Of the 27 students majoring in education at Kennebec Valley Community College, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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Housatonic Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Housatonic Community College is a small public school located in the city of Bridgeport.

Of the 27 students majoring in education at Housatonic Community College, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Maine 1,282
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
Connecticut 2,995
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

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 27 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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