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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care & Support Services Management in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
184 Degrees Awarded
$9,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students 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 “Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,600 people earned their degree in child care and support services management, making the major the 261st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 355 child care and support services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 184 child care and support services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in child care and support services management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child care and support services management 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 child care and support services management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care & Support Services Management in the Plains States Region

#1

Dakota County Technical College

Rosemount, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota County Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Located in Rosemount, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s child care and support services management students in 2019-2020.

DCTC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DCTC is $11,063 for plains states region associate degree child care and support services management students.

Full Dakota County Technical College Child Care & Support Services Management Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Community College Area landed the #2 spot on the list. Southeast Community College Area is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $9,059 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Child Care and Support Services Management students per year to attend Southeast Community College Area.

Read more about Child Care & Support Services Management at Southeast Community College Area

#3

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Southeast Tech is a small public school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 8 associates’s child care and support services management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree child care and support services management students list, Southeast Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,633 for plains states region associate degree child care and support services management students per year to attend Southeast Tech.

Read full report on Child Care & Support Services Management at Southeast Tech

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Metropolitan Community College is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 15 associates’s child care and support services management degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $4,295 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Child Care and Support Services Management students per year to attend MCC.

Full Metropolitan Community College Child Care & Support Services Management Report

#5

State Fair Community College

Sedalia, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, State Fair Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. State Fair Community College is a public institution located in Sedalia, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

State Fair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend State Fair Community College is $4,349 for plains states region associate degree child care and support services management students.

Read more about Child Care & Support Services Management at State Fair Community College

#6

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Southeast Missouri State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Child Care and Support Services Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Cape Girardeau, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child care and support services management degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree child care and support services management students list, Southeast Missouri State University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $12,774 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Child Care and Support Services Management students.

Full Southeast Missouri State University Child Care & Support Services Management 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).
  • 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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