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2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
351 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 476 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 351 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Gateway Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Gateway Community College is a large public school situated in Steubenville, Ohio. It awarded 167 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Gateway Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Gateway Community College is $3,340 for great lakes region associate degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 18 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for great lakes region associate degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College is a medium-sized school located in Blue Ash, Ohio that handed out 33 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Blue Ash College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College is $13,430 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Salem. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Kent State University at Salem is located in Salem, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

Kent State University at Salem not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kent State University at Salem is $8,050 for great lakes region associate degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students.

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#5

Kent State University at Tuscarawas

New Philadelphia, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Tuscarawas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State University at Tuscarawas is a public institution located in New Philadelphia, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State University at Tuscarawas also made our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Kent State University at Tuscarawas is $8,340 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students.

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#1 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school handed out 46 degrees to qualified associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2019-2020.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is $21,843 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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