2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s” 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 Ohio, there were 664 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

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, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Ohio

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio

909 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 45 degrees to qualified bachelors’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching students in 2020-2021.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list.According to our most recent data, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus supports 40,826 students, and 909 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 498 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,806. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UC]](/colleges/university-of-cincinnati-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

510 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

University of Toledo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list.According to our most recent data, University of Toledo supports 18,319 students, and 510 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 232 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. During this same period, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Toledo offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full University of Toledo Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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