Early Childhood Education at Catholic University of America

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

CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 5,366. Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Catholic University of America in 2021, 4 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

CUA Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

CUA Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how CUA performed in these rankings.

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 CUA 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 Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	407
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	734
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	824

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in child development from CUA. This is the #187 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at CUA

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

CUA Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CUA 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
• 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 DC, the home state for Catholic University of America.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Preschool Teachers	1,380	$42,060
Kindergarten Teachers	80	$54,940

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 Gryffindor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.