2025 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

Child Care Provider/Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 225 associate degrees in child care provider/assistant to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Child Care Provider/Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

The child care provider/assistant associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality child care provider/assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child care provider/assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child care provider/assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child care provider/assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for child care provider/assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Child Care Provider/Assistant in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in child care provider/assistant.

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Child Care Provider/Assistant

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

79 Annual Graduates

Northern Virginia Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Northern Virginia Community College

2

Reynolds Community College
Richmond, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Reynolds Community College is a good decision for students pursuing an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the suburb of Richmond, Reynolds Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Reynolds Community College

3

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in child care provider/assistant needs to look into Tidewater Community College. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Norfolk.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Tidewater Community College

Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	221
West Virginia	180	102
Tennessee	170	0
Arkansas	161	11
Kentucky	129	136
Louisiana	124	95

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Child Care Provider/Assistant Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Human Development & Family Studies area of study, Child Care Provider/Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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