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Early Childhood Education at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year. Of the 70 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in 2021, 70 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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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 Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 35
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 84
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools 104
Best Early Childhood Education Schools 116
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 164
197
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 233
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools 311
315
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools 566

Child development Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 70 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 44
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Preschool Teachers 52,950 $37,850
Kindergarten Teachers 11,580 $69,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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