2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in Arizona

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 “Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate” 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.

Across Arizona, there were 43 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,456 and $20,530 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. To top this list, a school must have a successful kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate”.

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in Arizona

1

Rio Salado College
Tempe, Arizona

#8 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Salado College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 13 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Mesa Community College
Mesa, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mesa, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2020-2021.

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3

Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, Arizona

#17 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is located in Chandler, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees to qualified students.

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3

South Mountain Community College
Phoenix, Arizona

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Major in Arizona for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Mountain Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. South Mountain Community College is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular Associate 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

• *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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