2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 32,920 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 28 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in early childhood education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in early childhood education.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in District of Columbia

1

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Trinity College

2

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia list. The American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at The American University

3

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in District of Columbia list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Catholic University of America

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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