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2022 Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$7,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Child Development is the 238th most popular major in the country with 4,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 439 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in child development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Schoolcraft College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Livonia, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child development degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Schoolcraft College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child development Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Schoolcraft College is $6,908 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lancaster, Ohio, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s child development students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Lancaster also took the #2 spot in our “Best Child development Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $6,533 for great lakes region associate degree child development students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ohio University - Lancaster Campus.

Read full report on Child Development at OHIO Lancaster

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Chillicothe, Ohio, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s child development students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Chillicothe also took the #4 spot in our “Best Child development Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $6,815 for great lakes region associate degree child development students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Southern Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Ironton, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child development degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Southern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Child development Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OHIO Southern is $5,794 for great lakes region associate degree child development students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Child development Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Baker College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 22 associates’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Baker College also made our “Best Child development Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $13,376 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Child development students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baker College.

The impressive 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.

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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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