2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Master’s in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 872 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 108 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 12 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Georgia State is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 33 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $48-$75k list, Georgia State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgia State Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

#4

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Jackson State

• Best Value Master’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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