2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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In 2019-2020, 31,017 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 4,088 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great early childhood education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree child development students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$24,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oakland is a public institution located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oakland also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland University are $24,648.

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#2

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in River Forest, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s child development students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full DePaul Early Childhood Education Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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