2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s
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In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,613 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 41 colleges that offer a degree in child development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree child development students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child development
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s. Baker College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 28 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $15,049 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 29 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for bachelor’s degree child development students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Child Development at Texas Tech University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s. Harding University is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 6 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
Harding also took the #8 spot in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,375 for bachelor’s degree child development students per year to attend Harding University.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Iowa State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.
Iowa State also made our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $15,496 for bachelor’s degree child development students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Eastern Michigan University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern Michigan also took the #16 spot in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Texas Woman’s University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #17 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Woman’s University is $9,617 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
University of Central Missouri ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UCM is $13,677 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Bowie State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Bowie, Maryland. It awarded 53 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
Bowie State University also made our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for Bowie State University is $15,934 for bachelor’s degree child development students.
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Goodwin College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in East Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
Goodwin also made our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #25. The yearly cost to attend Goodwin is $18,290 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
With a ranking of #12, East Carolina University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
ECU also made our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $15,844 for bachelor’s degree child development students per year to attend East Carolina University.
With a ranking of #13, Appalachian State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Appalachian State University is located in Boone, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.
Appalachian State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #19 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Appalachian State is $13,920 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Weber State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Weber State University is $11,968 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Central Michigan University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 86 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $15,981 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Kansas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 12 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $18,285 for bachelor’s degree child development students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Child Development at Kansas State University
Concordia University, Saint Paul came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Concordia University, Saint Paul is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.
Concordia University, Saint Paul also took the #18 spot in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Saint Paul is $16,245 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
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Post University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Post University is a fairly large school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 50 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Post University is $15,653 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Henderson State University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Henderson State University is a public institution located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Henderson State University is $10,270 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
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North Carolina A & T State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for bachelor’s degree child development students.
Full North Carolina A & T State University Child Development Report
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend IUP is $22,448 for bachelor’s degree child development students.
Read full report on Child Development at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Mississippi University for Women landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mississippi University for Women is located in Columbus, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $12,054 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students per year to attend MUW.
Full Mississippi University for Women Child Development Report
University of Akron Main Campus ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend University of Akron Main Campus is $17,792 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Full University of Akron Main Campus Child Development Report
Point University landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Point is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Point, Georgia. It awarded 10 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Point is $16,187 for Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.
Alcorn State University ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Alcorn State is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,836 for bachelor’s degree child development students per year to attend Alcorn State University.
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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%.
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- *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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