2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree School for You
Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #23 most popular major in the country with 43,297 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for subject specific ed 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.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Teacher Education Subject Specific
Our 2023 rankings named Itawamba Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Fulton, ICC is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ICC are $5,360 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, subject specific ed majors at ICC accumulate an average of around $8,419 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,250 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, subject specific ed majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College accumulate an average of around $12,182 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Murray State are $18,528 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WKU are $27,000 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WKU also is in the top 20% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in the Southeast Region . Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the town of Richmond.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Eastern are $20,024 a year.
Request InformationBest Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State
Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,327 |
| Virginia | 1,393 |
| North Carolina | 904 |
| Florida | 1,534 |
| Tennessee | 421 |
| Kentucky | 1,105 |
| South Carolina | 596 |
| Louisiana | 694 |
| Arkansas | 825 |
| Alabama | 722 |
| Mississippi | 616 |
| West Virginia | 309 |
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Teacher Education Subject Specific Related Majors for Subject Specific Ed
One of 14 majors within the area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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).
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