A child care and support services management degree prepares graduates for careers in Family and consumer sciences teachers, postsecondary, Preschool teachers, except special education. 228 colleges and universities offer this program.
Nationally, bachelor’s graduates in this field earn a median $48,568 four years after graduating (middle half: $35,149–$62,704). Where you study it matters: across 172 colleges with reported results, pay ranges from $28,906 to $73,066.
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| # | College | 4 yrs after | Wage-adjusted | 1 yr after | Median debt | Outcome Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $73,066 | $69,544 | $38,401 | $15,259 | A+ |
| 2 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | $71,638 | $65,233 | $34,533 | $19,500 | A+ |
| 3 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | $65,136 | $57,164 | $41,157 | $18,567 | A+ |
| 4 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | $62,663 | $66,697 | $29,690 | $19,160 | A |
| 5 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY | $62,506 | $59,493 | $36,213 | $16,650 | A |
| 6 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | $61,565 | $56,061 | $45,140 | $25,000 | B+ |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | $61,262 | $55,744 | $33,489 | $19,000 | A+ |
| 9 | Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies Portland, OR | $60,180 | $60,535 | $45,523 | $29,688 | B |
| 8 | Warner Pacific University Portland, OR | $60,180 | $60,535 | $45,523 | $29,688 | C+ |
| 10 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | $59,664 | $61,764 | $31,392 | $19,500 | A |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $59,166 | $60,154 | $33,118 | $21,500 | A+ |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | $59,044 | $61,438 | $34,149 | $20,500 | A+ |
| 13 | Washington State University Pullman, WA | $58,834 | $54,115 | $39,880 | $22,978 | B |
| 14 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | $58,340 | $53,124 | $33,654 | $20,500 | A |
| 15 | California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA | $57,898 | $52,683 | $41,195 | $17,516 | B |
| 20 | University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | $57,888 | $52,118 | $31,642 | $21,500 | B+ |
| 19 | University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | $57,888 | $52,118 | $31,642 | $21,500 | B+ |
| 18 | University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | $57,888 | $52,118 | $31,642 | $21,500 | B+ |
| 17 | University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT | $57,888 | $52,118 | $31,642 | $21,500 | B+ |
| 16 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | $57,888 | $52,118 | $31,642 | $21,500 | A |
| 21 | University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC | $57,648 | $50,515 | $44,819 | $51,085 | C |
| 22 | Towson University Towson, MD | $57,295 | $50,283 | — | $17,250 | C+ |
| 23 | Pacific Oaks College Pasadena, CA | $56,791 | $51,676 | $39,077 | $25,125 | C |
| 24 | Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN | $55,294 | $52,818 | $40,593 | $20,375 | C+ |
| 25 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | $55,186 | $50,832 | $32,146 | $27,000 | B |
| 26 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO | $55,181 | $51,605 | $35,234 | $21,132 | C+ |
| 27 | University of Houston Houston, TX | $54,871 | $55,788 | $37,964 | $20,000 | B+ |
| 28 | Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA | $54,858 | $50,458 | $27,006 | $20,500 | C+ |
| 29 | SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY | $53,836 | $51,241 | $36,143 | $21,300 | C+ |
| 30 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | $53,740 | $56,663 | $31,434 | $28,195 | A |
| 31 | Merrimack College North Andover, MA | $53,734 | $47,318 | $33,640 | $26,000 | B+ |
| 32 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO | $53,597 | $50,124 | $36,214 | $20,425 | C+ |
| 33 | Montclair State University Montclair, NJ | $53,575 | $47,022 | $34,109 | $25,000 | C+ |
| 34 | California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA | $53,568 | $48,743 | $31,184 | $17,362 | C+ |
| 35 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | $53,522 | $50,942 | $36,858 | $22,962 | A |
| 36 | Bowie State University Bowie, MD | $53,181 | $46,673 | $34,257 | $20,500 | F |
| 38 | Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR | $53,109 | $53,422 | $33,543 | $23,028 | B |
| 37 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | $53,109 | $53,422 | $33,543 | $23,028 | B+ |
| 39 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | $52,748 | $51,825 | $33,682 | $20,500 | B |
| 40 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | $52,698 | $54,125 | $25,249 | $19,250 | B+ |
| 41 | Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA | $52,672 | $47,928 | $33,906 | $18,250 | B |
| 42 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY | $52,593 | $50,058 | $35,025 | $22,750 | C |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV | $52,084 | $54,057 | $35,322 | $21,250 | B |
| 44 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | $51,921 | $52,788 | $39,096 | $21,250 | B+ |
| 45 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | $51,857 | $53,284 | $36,445 | $19,500 | B |
| 46 | Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA | $51,756 | $47,095 | $32,957 | $23,000 | C |
| 47 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA | $51,610 | $52,488 | $31,452 | $25,904 | B+ |
| 48 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $51,497 | $54,812 | $35,759 | $15,523 | A+ |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | $51,416 | $50,640 | $34,205 | $25,000 | B+ |
| 50 | California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA | $51,261 | $46,644 | $31,857 | $12,500 | C+ |
| 51 | California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA | $51,118 | $46,514 | $34,089 | $11,000 | C |
| 52 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | $50,921 | $54,340 | $34,610 | $19,076 | A |
| 53 | California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA | $50,850 | $46,270 | — | — | C |
| 54 | Samford University Birmingham, AL | $50,809 | $57,673 | — | — | B+ |
| 55 | York College of Pennsylvania York, PA | $50,652 | $51,514 | $39,158 | $25,000 | B |
| 56 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | $50,583 | $56,793 | $41,243 | $21,515 | B+ |
| 58 | Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online Addison, TX | $50,525 | $51,369 | $30,278 | $26,000 | C+ |
| 57 | Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX | $50,525 | $51,369 | $30,278 | $26,000 | C+ |
| 59 | Portland State University Portland, OR | $50,427 | $50,724 | $32,481 | $20,750 | C+ |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | $50,422 | $58,367 | $29,539 | $24,250 | A |
| 61 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $50,396 | $49,514 | $29,762 | $17,968 | A+ |
| 62 | Texas State University San Marcos, TX | $50,151 | $50,989 | $35,047 | $20,985 | C+ |
| 63 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | $50,123 | $49,246 | $36,743 | $16,200 | B+ |
| 64 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | $50,052 | $51,855 | $41,717 | $22,775 | B+ |
| 65 | Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD | $49,902 | $43,795 | $34,273 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 66 | California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA | $49,847 | $45,358 | $31,950 | $15,625 | C+ |
| 67 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | $49,785 | $54,385 | $32,300 | $21,500 | B+ |
| 68 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | $49,649 | $53,264 | $35,436 | $14,000 | A+ |
| 69 | Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA | $49,391 | $45,429 | $28,589 | $17,889 | C |
| 70 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | $49,286 | $51,966 | $35,209 | $25,000 | C+ |
| 71 | Texas Woman's University Denton, TX | $49,210 | $50,032 | $30,619 | $20,761 | C+ |
| 72 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | $49,147 | $48,287 | $28,342 | $30,020 | C+ |
| 73 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | $48,893 | $57,843 | $32,306 | $25,000 | B+ |
| 74 | Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI | $48,809 | $51,463 | $37,401 | $22,617 | C |
| 75 | Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH | $48,266 | $51,507 | — | — | B |
| 76 | University of North Texas Denton, TX | $48,172 | $48,977 | $34,499 | $18,500 | C+ |
| 77 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC | $48,107 | $51,626 | $39,924 | $23,000 | B |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI | $48,043 | $49,991 | $37,050 | $23,250 | B |
| 79 | Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK | $47,976 | $53,866 | $41,062 | $24,062 | B |
| 80 | University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI | $47,874 | $43,560 | $36,040 | $18,406 | C |
| 81 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | $47,528 | $49,342 | $34,241 | $23,000 | B |
| 82 | Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LA | $47,390 | $54,857 | $33,687 | $35,250 | F |
| 83 | American Public University System Charles Town, WV | $47,294 | $55,951 | $34,347 | $35,082 | C+ |
| 85 | Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI | $47,147 | $49,059 | — | — | C+ |
| 84 | Concordia University Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $47,147 | $49,711 | — | — | C+ |
| 86 | Baylor University Waco, TX | $46,979 | $47,764 | $32,137 | $20,000 | A |
| 87 | California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | $46,966 | $42,736 | $30,205 | $13,500 | B |
| 88 | East Carolina University Greenville, NC | $46,941 | $50,374 | $29,607 | $26,000 | B |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | $46,853 | $50,236 | $33,015 | $26,000 | A |
| 90 | Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA | $46,813 | $47,609 | $32,943 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 91 | University of Idaho Moscow, ID | $46,758 | $49,721 | $34,340 | $25,500 | C+ |
| 92 | South Dakota State University Brookings, SD | $46,487 | $50,038 | $37,123 | $22,562 | B |
| 93 | University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK | $46,420 | $52,119 | $35,491 | $23,300 | C |
| 94 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | $46,411 | $43,987 | $35,467 | $13,997 | B+ |
| 95 | Ball State University Muncie, IN | $46,269 | $49,638 | $32,836 | $26,125 | C+ |
| 96 | University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | $46,268 | $54,523 | $31,758 | $21,500 | B+ |
| 97 | Iowa State University Ames, IA | $46,253 | $48,653 | $36,364 | $20,080 | B+ |
| 98 | Auburn University Auburn, AL | $46,242 | $52,489 | $30,502 | $21,500 | A |
| 99 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | $46,140 | $49,515 | $33,878 | $24,993 | C |
| 100 | Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA | $46,119 | $41,965 | $27,037 | $15,000 | B |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | A |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | B |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois Dubois, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | B |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | B |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | B |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon, PA | $45,943 | $46,724 | $34,030 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 112 | Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI | $45,881 | $48,376 | $35,318 | $27,000 | C+ |
| 113 | North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC | $45,821 | $49,172 | $37,458 | $31,000 | D |
| 114 | Madonna University Livonia, MI | $45,795 | $48,286 | — | — | B |
| 115 | The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | $45,751 | $51,931 | $30,264 | $24,125 | B+ |
| 116 | Oklahoma Christian University Edmond, OK | $45,738 | $51,353 | — | — | C+ |
| 117 | University of La Verne La Verne, CA | $45,712 | $41,595 | — | $26,000 | B |
| 118 | Baker College Owosso, MI | $45,610 | $48,090 | $36,494 | $39,157 | F |
| 119 | Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA | $45,505 | $47,107 | $29,387 | $27,000 | C |
| 120 | National Louis University Chicago, IL | $45,388 | $44,593 | $46,954 | $25,000 | F |
| 126 | Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville, OH | $45,346 | $48,391 | $38,973 | $26,147 | B |
| 125 | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | $45,346 | $48,391 | $38,973 | $26,147 | C+ |
| 124 | Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH | $45,346 | $48,391 | $38,973 | $26,147 | C |
| 123 | Ohio University-Southern Campus Ironton, OH | $45,346 | $48,391 | $38,973 | $26,147 | B |
| 122 | Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe, OH | $45,346 | $48,391 | $38,973 | $26,147 | B |
| 121 | Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville, OH | $45,346 | $48,391 | $38,973 | $26,147 | C |
| 127 | Texas A & M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX | $45,199 | $45,954 | $27,918 | $28,000 | D |
| 128 | Goodwin University East Hartford, CT | $45,132 | $40,633 | — | $21,833 | C |
| 129 | California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA | $45,088 | $41,027 | $28,150 | $11,000 | C |
| 130 | Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | $45,052 | $47,502 | $35,216 | $23,120 | C+ |
| 131 | University of Maine Orono, ME | $44,893 | $47,709 | $30,983 | $24,486 | C |
| 132 | Whittier College Whittier, CA | $44,877 | $40,835 | — | $25,750 | C |
| 133 | Ashford University San Diego, CA | $44,852 | $40,812 | $36,944 | $27,470 | F |
| 134 | Post University Waterbury, CT | $44,643 | $40,193 | $31,627 | $37,587 | F |
| 135 | University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH | $44,355 | $47,333 | $30,835 | $28,500 | D |
| 136 | St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY | $43,777 | $41,667 | $21,796 | $22,500 | B |
| 137 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX | $43,699 | $44,429 | $26,897 | $19,677 | D |
| 138 | Point University West Point, GA | $43,682 | $45,220 | $25,578 | $25,250 | F |
| 139 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH | $43,468 | $46,387 | $32,175 | $25,635 | C |
| 140 | University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO | $43,166 | $46,283 | $32,574 | $23,502 | C |
| 141 | Walden University Minneapolis, MN | $43,103 | $41,173 | $43,693 | $40,167 | F |
| 142 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN | $43,051 | $47,029 | $33,301 | $19,500 | D |
| 143 | Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA | $42,447 | $49,136 | $26,591 | $20,910 | B |
| 144 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA | $42,227 | $42,945 | $30,675 | $26,881 | C |
| 145 | Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI | $42,170 | $44,463 | $33,911 | $29,625 | C |
| 146 | California State University-Chico Chico, CA | $41,993 | $38,211 | $30,441 | $16,722 | B |
| 147 | Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO | $41,866 | $44,889 | $32,769 | $22,865 | C |
| 150 | Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | $41,826 | $44,635 | $33,643 | $26,000 | D |
| 149 | Kent State University at Salem Salem, OH | $41,826 | $44,635 | $33,643 | $26,000 | B |
| 148 | Kent State University at Stark North Canton, OH | $41,826 | $44,635 | $33,643 | $26,000 | B |
| 151 | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | $41,439 | $50,278 | $21,243 | $25,000 | B |
| 152 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA | $41,274 | $47,778 | $29,094 | $26,000 | C |
| 153 | University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA | $41,053 | $43,183 | $32,614 | $20,700 | B |
| 154 | Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN | $40,860 | $43,835 | $35,941 | $26,119 | D |
| 155 | Appalachian State University Boone, NC | $40,461 | $43,420 | $30,062 | $19,641 | C+ |
| 156 | Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY | $39,921 | $45,203 | $27,514 | $25,250 | C+ |
| 158 | Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Fayette, MO | $39,671 | $42,536 | $32,588 | $19,500 | F |
| 157 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette, MO | $39,671 | $42,536 | $32,588 | $19,500 | C |
| 159 | Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN | $39,664 | $42,552 | $26,384 | $26,298 | D |
| 160 | John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR | $39,575 | $46,636 | $24,935 | $23,625 | B+ |
| 161 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK | $39,544 | $44,399 | $32,997 | $16,045 | D |
| 162 | Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA | $39,318 | $35,777 | $28,453 | $26,000 | B |
| 163 | Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | $38,332 | $34,905 | $31,083 | $23,250 | F |
| 164 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM | $38,142 | $44,162 | $25,965 | $21,749 | F |
| 165 | University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC | $36,368 | $40,326 | — | $31,000 | C |
| 166 | Utah State University Logan, UT | $35,341 | $33,495 | $26,561 | $16,460 | C |
| 167 | Benedict College Columbia, SC | $34,129 | $37,844 | $21,607 | $32,000 | F |
| 168 | University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS | $33,936 | $41,175 | $31,020 | $29,677 | C |
| 169 | Weber State University Ogden, UT | $32,265 | $30,580 | $35,861 | $15,890 | B+ |
| 170 | Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID | $31,078 | $33,047 | $21,619 | $12,277 | A |
| 171 | Wayne State College Wayne, NE | $29,395 | $30,381 | — | — | D |
| 172 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | $28,906 | $27,396 | $25,342 | $10,475 | A |
Bachelor’s degrees. Wage-adjusted = pay ÷ √(state wage index). Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data.
Graduates with this degree pursue careers in the following fields:
Ranked by Repit grade, then by degrees awarded. These are the top-rated colleges that produce the most graduates in child care and support services management.
Schools ranked by number of graduates. These institutions produce the most child care and support services management graduates annually, including online and distance learning programs.
Child Care and Support Services Management is a degree program offered at 228 colleges and universities across the United States. Each year, approximately 3,901 students graduate with this degree.
Graduates with this degree can pursue careers such as family and consumer sciences teachers, postsecondary, preschool teachers, except special education.