2023 Best Value Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 20,843 people earned their degree in child care provider/assistant, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 200 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in child care provider/assistant. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child care provider/assistant programs and 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 child care provider/assistant program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania child care provider/assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

1

Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$7,891 Average Net Price

$35,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Allegheny County landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified ’s child care provider/assistant students in 2020-2021.

CCAC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Community College of Allegheny County is $7,891 for Pennsylvania Child Care Provider/Assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Child Care Provider/Assistant at CCAC

2

Harcum College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$22,338 Average Net Price

$39,059 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harcum College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. Harcum College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It awarded 27 ’s child care provider/assistant degrees in 2020-2021.

Harcum College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Harcum College is $22,338 for Pennsylvania Child Care Provider/Assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Child Care Provider/Assistant at Harcum College

• Best Value Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant (Income $0-$30k)

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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