Early Childhood Education at California State University - Fresno

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

Fresno State is located in Fresno, California and approximately 25,497 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Fresno State.

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.

Fresno State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Fresno State Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Fresno State 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 Fresno State 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	28
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	82
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	190
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	202
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	353
	354
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	447
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	516
	533

Child development Student Demographics at Fresno State

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

Fresno State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Fresno State. About 99% of these graduates were women and the other 1% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 - Fresno with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	7
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Fresno State 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 Development & Methodology

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 - Fresno.

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.