2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching is the 318th most popular major in the country with 2,068 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 53 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$19,042 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth also made our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,042 for plains states region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

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#2

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$18,611 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Saint Paul is $18,611 for plains states region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$18,739 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Spearfish, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

BHSU also made our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $18,739 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Black Hills 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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