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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 53 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 23 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program at the school. 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 a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Plains States Region

#1

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,058 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emporia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Emporia, Kansas, and it awarded 23 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

ESU also made our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESU are $22,058, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at ESU

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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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