2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Washington, there were 250 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree child development students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child development in Washington

#1

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2019-2020.

EWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend EWU is $12,607 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.

Read more about Child Development at Eastern Washington University

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$15,397 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree child development students list, CWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CWU is $15,397 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Child development students.

Read full report on Child Development at CWU

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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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