by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Child development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 32,920 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 8,136 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Child development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in early childhood education.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree child development students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Child development Major in the Southeast Region. ETSU is a fairly large public school situated in Johnson City, Tennessee. It awarded 3 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Child development Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s child development students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Child development Major in the Southeast Region. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 84 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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