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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 2,913 people earned their degree in kindergarten/preschool education & teaching, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 969 kindergarten/preschool education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 kindergarten/preschool education & teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in kindergarten/preschool education & teaching. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their kindergarten/preschool education & teaching program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 10 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southeast Region

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Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Jackson State is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 43 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Jackson State

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Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina

Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Furman University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Furman Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

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Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to 29 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

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Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia

Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 3 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Old Dominion Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

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East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. East Carolina University is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 1 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at East Carolina University

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UNC Charlotte Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

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Greensboro College
Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Greensboro College is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Greensboro College

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Johnson University
Knoxville, Tennessee

Johnson University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Johnson University

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 0 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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

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Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia

With a ranking of #7, Norfolk State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in the Southeast Region list. Norfolk State University is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

Full Norfolk State Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

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