2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Child Care Provider/Assistant is the 130th most popular major in the country with 20,376 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 766 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 172 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in child care provider/assistant. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child care provider/assistant 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 child care provider/assistant program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The child care provider/assistant 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 Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$4,362 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 13 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,362 for southwest region associate degree child care provider/assistant students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#2

Carl Albert State College

Poteau, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$4,840 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Albert State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Poteau, Oklahoma, and it awarded 28 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Carl Albert State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,840 for southwest region associate degree child care provider/assistant students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Carl Albert State College.

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#3

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$5,957 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s child care provider/assistant students in 2019-2020.

DMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DMC is $5,957 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Child Care Provider/Assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant (Income $30-$48k)

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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