Early Childhood Education at California State University - Los Angeles

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 - Los Angeles stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 26,745. In 2021, 372 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State LA.

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 State LA Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Cal State LA Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Cal State LA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Cal State LA 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	5
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	72
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	114
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	138
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	260
	269
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	303
	413

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in child development from Cal State LA. This makes it the #72 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Cal State LA

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

Cal State LA Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 372 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Cal State LA in 2020-2021, 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 Cal State LA since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	290
White	9
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Cal State LA Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in Early Childhood Education from Cal State LA in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cal State LA 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 - Los Angeles.

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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.