2025 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

Ranked #22 in popularity, child care provider/assistant is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for child care provider/assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 109 associate degrees in child care provider/assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various 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 colleges for child care provider/assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Care Provider/Assistant 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 Provider/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Child Care Provider/Assistant in Kentucky

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for child care provider/assistant students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Kentucky Schools for an Associate in Child Care Provider/Assistant

1

West Kentucky Community and Technical College
Paducah, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a good option for students pursuing an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the small city of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from West Kentucky Community and Technical College

2

Maysville Community and Technical College
Maysville, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Maysville Community and Technical College is a great decision for individuals pursuing an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Maysville Community and Technical College is a small public college located in the rural area of Maysville.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Maysville Community and Technical College

3

Hazard Community and Technical College
Hazard, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Hazard Community and Technical College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Hazard Community and Technical College is a small public college located in the town of Hazard.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Hazard Community and Technical College

4

Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Somerset Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in child care provider/assistant from Somerset Community College

Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	221
West Virginia	180	102
Tennessee	170	0
Arkansas	161	11
Virginia	158	240
Louisiana	124	95

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Care Provider/Assistant

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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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