2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,068 people earned their degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 52 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality kindergarten/preschool education and teaching 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 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$8,482 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Salado College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 12 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Rio Salado College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rio Salado College is $8,482 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $30-$48k)

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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