2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking.

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

Across Tennessee, there were 227 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great early childhood education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school. 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 Tennessee”.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree child development students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Tennessee

#1

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$25,679 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s child development students in 2019-2020.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ETSU are $25,679.

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

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s 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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