2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching is the 318th most popular major in the country with 2,068 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 126 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching 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 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching 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 Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$10,562 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 26 bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

#2

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$8,345 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

New Mexico Highlands University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico Highlands University is $8,345 for southwest region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at New Mexico Highlands University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k)

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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