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2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
220 Degrees Awarded
$16,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor's in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 31,017 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 2,700 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 220 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in early childhood education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent early childhood education programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree child development students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 98 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNC Chapel Hill is $12,352 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Child development students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Early Childhood Education Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. It costs about $12,748 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Child development students with aid per year to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#3

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Fayetteville State University also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Fayetteville State University is $5,899 for north carolina bachelor’s degree child development students with aid.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at Fayetteville State University

#4

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mount Olive landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMO, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMO is $16,437 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Child development students with aid.

Full UMO Early Childhood Education Report

#5

Elon University

Elon, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Elon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Elon, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Elon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for Elon is $37,230 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Child development students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Elon University Early Childhood Education 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).
  • 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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