2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 301 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$27,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Connecticut State University are $27,040.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University

#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$15,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. University of Saint Joseph is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USJ also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Saint Joseph are $15,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at USJ

#3

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

UHart also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at University of Hartford

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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