Early Childhood Education at California State University - Bakersfield

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at California State University - Bakersfield stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 11,745. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from CSUB.

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.

CSUB Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

CSUB Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at CSUB 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 CSUB 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
	11
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
	33
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	38
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	101
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	145
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	185

Child development Student Demographics at CSUB

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

CSUB Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from CSUB. About 7% were men and 93% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUB since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	101
White	20
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

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 State University - Bakersfield.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.