2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” 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 Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” 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

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.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 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 Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Spearfish, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching 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 $16,641 for plains states region bachelor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students per year to attend BHSU.

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

#2

University of Minnesota - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,067 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching 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. The estimated yearly cost for UMN Duluth is $17,067 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching students.

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%.

Full UMN Duluth Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students 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 per year to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul.

Read full report on Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Concordia University, Saint Paul

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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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