2023 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Child Care Provider/Assistant is the 124th most popular major in the country with 20,843 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 301 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 145 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 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 a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child care provider/assistant program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Allegheny County. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified associates’s child care provider/assistant students in 2020-2021.
CCAC also made our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 357 of the 13,217 students enrolled at Community College of Allegheny County were GI Bill® students, of which 228 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,255. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full CCAC Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harcum College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate. Harcum College is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees to qualified students.
Harcum College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 1,150 students enrolled at Harcum College, 19 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,170. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Harcum College Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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