2023 Best Value Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in New York (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching is the 288th most popular major in the country with 2,450 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 4 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs that also have a lower cost than 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools in New York For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in New York (With Aid)

1

LIU Post
Brookville, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,069 Average Net Price

$53,354 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Brookville, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

LIU Post also took the #2 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $26,069 for new york kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students with aid per year to attend LIU Post.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at LIU Post

2

University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

#1 in overall quality

$31,340 Average Net Price

$54,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools in New York For Those Getting Aid list. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 2 ’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our new york kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students with aid list, University of Rochester has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Rochester is $31,340 for new york kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students with aid.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

• Best Value Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (With Aid)

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.

Credits

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