2025 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you pursue a associate degree in elementary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #65 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 259 associate degrees in elementary education to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Elementary Education School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of elementary education for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on elementary education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other elementary education students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized elementary education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for elementary education students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Elementary Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Elementary Education in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in elementary education.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Elementary Teaching

1

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, NE

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in elementary education has to take a look at Northeast Community College. Northeast is a moderately-sized public college located in the remote town of Norfolk.More information about a associate in elementary education from Northeast Community College

2

Butler Community College
El Dorado, KS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in elementary education needs to check out Butler Community College. Located in the town of El Dorado, Butler CC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in elementary education from Butler Community College

3

Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Normandale Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in elementary education. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Bloomington.More information about a associate in elementary education from Normandale Community College

Best Elementary Education Colleges by State

Explore the best elementary education colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	33
Kansas	275	63
Iowa	200	21
Nebraska	163	41
South Dakota	148	5
North Dakota	144	2

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Elementary Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Teacher Education Grade Specific area of study, Elementary Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Early Childhood Education	240
Secondary Education	72
Teacher Development & Methodology	31
Teacher Education	20
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.