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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs and 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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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$15,399 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,399 for southwest region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at University of Arizona

#2

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$10,625 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 $48-$75k list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small school located in Las Vegas, New Mexico that handed out 28 bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

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 $10,625 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full New Mexico Highlands University Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

• 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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