2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Illinois, there were 15 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 15 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 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. 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 Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,560 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2019-2020.

EIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend EIU is $13,560 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k)

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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