Early Childhood Education at Bay Path University

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Bay Path University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bay Path is located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 3,224. In 2021, 8 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Bay Path.

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.

Bay Path Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Bay Path Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Bay Path 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	17
	29
Best Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	31
Best Value Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	31
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	80
	126
Best Value Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	129
	160
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	171
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	175
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	310
	357
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	372
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	374
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	375
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	375
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	397
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	424
	509
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	538
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	543

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in child development from Bay Path. This makes it the #80 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Bay Path

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

Bay Path Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bay Path Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bay Path, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Bay Path are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bay Path Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in child development from Bay Path. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Bay Path, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Elementary 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 MA, the home state for Bay Path University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Preschool Teachers	16,360	$39,180
Kindergarten Teachers	3,020	$75,510

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 Melkar5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.