2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in early childhood education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality early childhood education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at UAB

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. ETSU is a fairly large public school situated in Johnson City, Tennessee. It awarded 1 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ETSU are $25,679, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at East Tennessee State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (With Aid)

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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