2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region
9
Ranked Colleges
1,630
Degrees Awarded
$15,800
Avg Net Price*
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In 2020-2021, 4,641 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,630 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region child development students.
Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Child Development in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region list. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region child development students list, ECU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,550 for southeast region child development students per year to attend East Carolina University.
Read full report on Child Development at ECU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College is a small public school situated in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 35 ’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
UA Pulaski Tech also took the #8 spot in our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College is $12,788 for Southeast Region Child Development students.
Read full report on Child Development at University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region list. East Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school situated in Johnson City, Tennessee. It awarded 52 ’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
ETSU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ETSU is $12,894 for Southeast Region Child Development students.
Full East Tennessee State University Child Development Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region list. Boone, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s child development degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
Appalachian State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Appalachian State is $13,989 for Southeast Region Child Development students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Child Development at Appalachian State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region list. Point University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Point, Georgia. It awarded 17 ’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Point did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Point is $22,433 for southeast region child development students.
Full Point Child Development Report
Alcorn State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified ’s child development students in 2020-2021.
Alcorn State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $17,838 for Southeast Region Child Development students per year to attend Alcorn State.
Read full report on Child Development at Alcorn State
North Carolina A & T State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. North Carolina A & T State University is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 16 ’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC A&T, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $10,563 for Southeast Region Child Development students.
Read more about Child Development at NC A&T
West Virginia University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 ’s child development degrees to qualified students.
WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Virginia University is $13,355 for Southeast Region Child Development students.
Read more about Child Development at WVU
With a ranking of #9, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 ’s child development degrees to qualified students.
University of Virginia also made our “Best Child Development Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Virginia is $22,006 for Southeast Region Child Development students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Child Development at University of Virginia
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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
- *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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