Early Childhood Education at Brigham Young University - Provo

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Brigham Young University - Provo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 36,461. In 2021, 24 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from BYU.

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.

BYU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

BYU Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 BYU 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
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	12
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	118
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
	217

Child development Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

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

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Preschool Teachers	1,550	$29,700
Kindergarten Teachers	680	$48,320

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.