2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,450 people earned their degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching

1

Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

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3

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Loyola University Chicago

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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