2025 Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you pursue a associate degree in child care & support services management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #73 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for child care & support services management students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 157 associate degrees in child care & support services management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Child Care & Support Services Management School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of child care & support services management for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality child care and support services management program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child care & support services management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child care & support services management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child care & support services management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for child care & support services management students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Care & Support Services Management Schools

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 Best Child Care & Support Services Management Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Child Care & Support Services Management in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in child care & support services management.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Child Care and Support Services Management

1

Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Grand Rapids Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in child care & support services management. Grand Rapids Community College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Grand Rapids.More information about a associate in child care & support services management from Grand Rapids Community College

2

Macomb Community College
Warren, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Macomb Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in child care & support services management. Located in the midsize city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in child care & support services management from Macomb Community College

3

Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Oakland Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in child care & support services management. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills.More information about a associate in child care & support services management from Oakland Community College

Best Child Care & Support Services Management Colleges by State

Explore the best child care & support services management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	43
Michigan	410	110
Illinois	267	19
Wisconsin	224	16
Indiana	221	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Care and Support Services Management

Child Care & Support Services Management is one of 10 different types of Human Development & Family Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Care Provider/Assistant	343
Child Development	69
Early Childhood and Family Studies	10
Family & Community Services	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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