2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 31,017 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 7,993 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in early childhood education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great early childhood education 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 early childhood education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The child development 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 development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree child development students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s child development students in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UAB Early Childhood Education Report

#2

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$25,679 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at ETSU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (Income $75-$110k)

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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