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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 53 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,058 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emporia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Emporia State University is located in Emporia, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

ESU also made our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emporia State University are $22,058, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Emporia State University Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

• Best Value Master’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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