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

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In 2019-2020, 20,376 people earned their degree in child care provider/assistant, making the major the 130th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 766 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 172 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Care Provider/Assistant in the Southwest Region

#1

Carl Albert State College

Poteau, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$5,415 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carl Albert State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Poteau, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree child care provider/assistant students list, Carl Albert State College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,415 for southwest region associate degree child care provider/assistant students per year to attend Carl Albert State College.

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#2

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$5,738 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the #2 spot on the list. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DMC also made our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for DMC is $5,738 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Child Care Provider/Assistant students.

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#3

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for southwest region associate degree child care provider/assistant students.

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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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