2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Child Care Provider/Assistant is the 124th most popular major in the country with 20,843 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,491 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 323 child care provider/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in child care provider/assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child care provider/assistant programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the child care provider/assistant program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate”.

Top 3 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College
Chicago, Illinois

99 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$1,543 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s child care provider/assistant students in 2020-2021.

Malcolm X College also made our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College supports 7,273 students, and 99 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 58 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,543. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College Veteran Student Life Report

2

Delta College
University Center, Michigan

193 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$2,376 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delta College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in University Center, Michigan, and it awarded 16 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees in 2020-2021.

Delta College also made our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.Of the 6,954 students enrolled at Delta College, 193 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 90 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,376. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J Daley College
Chicago, Illinois

58 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J Daley College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Child Care Provider/Assistant for an Associate. City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J Daley College is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s child care provider/assistant degrees to qualified students.

Richard J Daley College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 4,929 students enrolled at City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J Daley College, 58 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 34 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,306. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Richard J Daley College 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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