2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,068 people earned their degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States.

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 Vallue Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

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

#1

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$16,641 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Black Hills State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,641 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend BHSU.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Black Hills State University

#2

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$16,245 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,245 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Concordia University, Saint Paul

#3

University of Minnesota - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,067 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Vallue Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #3 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Duluth, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,067 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UMN Duluth.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Duluth Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

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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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