Early Childhood Education at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718. Of the 85 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 2021, 16 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

Boston U Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Boston U Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Boston U performed in these rankings.

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 Boston U 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
	72
	110
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	135
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	530

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

Child development Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Boston U, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Boston U Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a master's degree in child development from Boston U. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Boston U, 73% 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 Boston University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Boston U 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 Boston 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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.