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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$9,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 126 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 52 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Rio Salado College

Tempe, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Salado College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

Rio Salado College also made our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Rio Salado College is $9,320 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students with aid.

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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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