Early Childhood Education at Calvin University

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

Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and approximately 3,307 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Calvin.

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.

Calvin Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Calvin Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Calvin 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 Calvin 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 Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	42
	114
	188
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	200
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	306
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	361
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	641
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	678

Child development Student Demographics at Calvin

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

Calvin Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Calvin. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Calvin 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 Calvin University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Calvin University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Preschool Teachers	9,270	$35,010
Kindergarten Teachers	1,450	$59,140

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 Romano1246 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.