2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southeast 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 Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 108 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southeast Region

#1

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#3 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 54 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #2 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

UNC Charlotte also took the #1 spot in our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Report

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 33 degrees to qualified masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’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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