2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Child Care Provider/Assistant is the 130th most popular major in the country with 20,376 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 242 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 165 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in child care provider/assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child care provider/assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child care provider/assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree child care provider/assistant students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Community College of Allegheny County

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$9,047 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Allegheny County landed the #1 spot on the list. Community College of Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree child care provider/assistant students list, CCAC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $9,047 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Child Care Provider/Assistant students per year to attend CCAC.

Read more about Child Care Provider/Assistant at Community College of Allegheny County

#2

Prince George's Community College

Largo, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$9,069 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prince George’s Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Largo, Maryland, and it awarded 7 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

PGCC also made our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Prince George’s Community College is $9,069 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Child Care Provider/Assistant students.

Read more about Child Care Provider/Assistant at PGCC

#3

Harcum College

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$23,588 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harcum College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Harcum College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It awarded 45 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Harcum College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,588 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Child Care Provider/Assistant students per year to attend Harcum College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Child Care Provider/Assistant at Harcum College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant

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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