by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 285 people earned their degree in early childhood and family studies, making the major the 741st most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 277 early childhood and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in early childhood and family studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in early childhood and family studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree early childhood and family studies students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #1 spot on the list. College of the Ozarks is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Point Lookout, Missouri. It awarded 13 bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major list. Eastern University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania that handed out 31 bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school handed out 137 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s early childhood and family studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full American Military University Early Childhood and Family Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carson - Newman University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major list. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Full Carson - Newman University Early Childhood and Family Studies Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Early Childhood and Family Studies at Tarleton
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major ranking. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% 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%.
Full UT Rio Grande Valley Early Childhood and Family Studies Report
The University of Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major ranking, coming in at #7. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 26 bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read full report on Early Childhood and Family Studies at The University of Alabama
University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Dearborn, Michigan, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s early childhood and family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Early Childhood and Family Studies Report
With a ranking of #9, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Early Childhood and Family Studies Major list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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