2025 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you pursue a associate degree in child care provider/assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #22 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for child care provider/assistant students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 343 associate degrees in child care provider/assistant to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Child Care Provider/Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of child care provider/assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on child care provider/assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child care provider/assistant students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child care provider/assistant related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools

The child care provider/assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Child Care Provider/Assistant 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 provider/assistant.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Child Care Provider/Assistant

1

City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College
Chicago, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in child care provider/assistant needs to check out City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College. Malcolm X College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Chicago.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College

2

Lake Land College
Mattoon, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Lake Land College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Lake Land College is a small public college located in the rural area of Mattoon.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Lake Land College

3

Mott Community College
Flint, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Mott Community College is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. MCC is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Flint.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Mott Community College

4

Delta College
University Center, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Delta College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the rural area of University Center, Delta College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Delta College

Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Colleges by State

Explore the best child care provider/assistant colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	5
Michigan	410	55
Illinois	267	263

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Care Provider/Assistant

Child Care Provider/Assistant is one of 10 different types of Human Development & Family Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Care Provider/Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Child Care & Support Services Management	157
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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