2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 181 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in child development. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their child development program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree child development students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Reading Area Community College
Reading, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Reading Area Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. RACC is a public institution located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Child Development at Reading Area Community College

2

Jefferson Community College
Watertown, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jefferson Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Watertown, New York, and it awarded 5 associates’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Jefferson Community College Child Development Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Child Development

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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