Early Childhood Education at Albany State University

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what Albany State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Albany State is located in Albany, Georgia and has a total student population of 6,509. In 2021, 34 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Albany State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

Albany State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
• Master’s Degree in Child development

Albany State Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Albany State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Albany State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	51
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	81
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	119
	130
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	149
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	166
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	270
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	287
	302
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	418
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In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in child development from Albany State. This makes it the #51 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Albany State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Albany State University.

Albany State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Albany State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Albany State Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 child development majors earned their master's degree from Albany State. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Albany State University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Albany State also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Secondary Education

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Albany State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Preschool Teachers	14,430	$30,910
Kindergarten Teachers	4,720	$54,080

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Diqiu Wang under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.