Early Childhood Education at Carlow University

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

Carlow is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,976. In 2021, 20 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Carlow.

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.

Carlow Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Carlow Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Carlow 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 Carlow 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 Focused Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Best Value Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	25
Best Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	27
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	149
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	150
	174
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	317
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	353
	356
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	463
	532

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in child development from Carlow. This makes it the #51 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Carlow

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

Carlow Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at Carlow awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Carlow since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Carlow 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 Carlow University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Carlow Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 16 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carlow, about 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Carlow, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Secondary 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 PA, the home state for Carlow University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Preschool Teachers	13,480	$29,250
Kindergarten Teachers	3,350	$62,510

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.