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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

3 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Child development Schools for a Master's in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 31,017 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across North Carolina, there were 2,700 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality early childhood education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree child development students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 13 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Early Childhood Education Report

#2

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mount Olive. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Mount Olive, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

UMO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mount Olive are $18,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at UMO

#3

Shaw University

Raleigh, North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Shaw University landed the #3 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Shaw University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Shaw University are $13,188.

Full Shaw University Early Childhood Education Report

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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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