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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income Over $110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income Over $110k)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s child development degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at UAB

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #2 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” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland University are $24,648.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at Oakland University

#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k. This medium-sized school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at Concordia University, Chicago

#4

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k. ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s child development degrees to qualified students.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at East Tennessee State University

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #5 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s child development degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full DePaul University Early Childhood Education Report

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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