2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in District of Columbia (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 34 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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. 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 Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree child development students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$14,580 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 9 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity Washington University are $14,580.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Trinity College

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full American University Early Childhood Education Report

#3

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Catholic University of America 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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