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2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
183 Degrees Awarded
$15,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor's in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Connecticut, there were 353 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in elementary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 elementary education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The elementary teaching 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 Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU also made our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,298 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Connecticut State University.

Full CCSU Elementary Education Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $12,381 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Elementary Education at University of Connecticut

#3

Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Willimantic, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECSU is $14,811 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Elementary Education at Eastern Connecticut State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Connecticut State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. WestConn is a medium-sized school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 19 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

WestConn also made our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $17,431 for connecticut bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WestConn.

Read more about Elementary Education at Western Connecticut State University

#5

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

SCSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Connecticut State University is $18,032 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Elementary Education at Southern Connecticut State University

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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

  • *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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