2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southeast 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 Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 872 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

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 a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southeast Region

#1

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students list, Jackson State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Jackson State Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790.

Full Georgia State University Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching

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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