2024 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you pursue a associate degree in child care provider/assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #22 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 145 associate degrees in child care provider/assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Child Care Provider/Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

The child care provider/assistant associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality child care provider/assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child care provider/assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child care provider/assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child care provider/assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for child care provider/assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Child Care Provider/Assistant in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in child care provider/assistant.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Child Care Provider/Assistant

1

Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Community College of Allegheny County is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. CCAC is a large public college located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Community College of Allegheny County

2

Harcum College
Bryn Mawr, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Harcum College is a good choice for students interested in an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the large suburb of Bryn Mawr, Harcum College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Harcum College

3

Prince George's Community College
Largo, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Prince George's Community College is a wonderful option for students interested in an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the suburb of Largo, PGCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Prince George’s Community College

Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Colleges by State

Explore the best child care provider/assistant schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	429	4
Pennsylvania	379	83
New Jersey	249	25
Maryland	221	33

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Child Care Provider/Assistant Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Human Development & Family Studies area of study, Child Care Provider/Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Care Provider/Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Care & Support Services Management	385
General Human Development & Family Studies	48
Adult Development & Aging	33
Child Development	17
Family & Community Services	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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