by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 32,920 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Ohio, there were 1,153 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in early childhood education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their early childhood education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio master’s degree child development students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Muskingum University landed the #1 spot on the list. Muskingum is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Concord, Ohio. It awarded 8 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ursuline College landed the #3 spot on the list. Ursuline College is located in Pepper Pike, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 13 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Youngstown State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #6. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 6 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
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