by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Child Development is the 239th most popular major in the country with 4,641 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 54 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in child development. That schools that top this list have a program in child development in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree child development students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Idaho College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child development degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s child development degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aims Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 0 associates’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Weber State University is a large school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 3 associates’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Read full report on Child Development at Weber State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Sterling, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s child development degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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