2022 Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in Nebraska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Nebraska, there were 83 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in Nebraska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska associate degree child development students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Nebraska

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeast is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeast not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeast Community College is $8,749 for Nebraska Associate Degree Child development students.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Northeast

#2

College of Saint Mary

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$14,325 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in Nebraska list. College of Saint Mary is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Saint Mary also took the #2 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Mary is $14,325 for Nebraska Associate Degree Child development students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Saint Mary

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education

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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