Early Childhood Education at Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CMU CGES is located in Fayette, Missouri and approximately 3,429 students attend the school each year. Of the 176 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies in 2021, 27 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.

CMU CGES Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at CMU CGES

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CMU CGES offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

CMU CGES Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 CMU CGES 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 Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	20
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools	43
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	144
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	227
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	310
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Child development Student Demographics at CMU CGES

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies.

CMU CGES Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from CMU CGES 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 CMU CGES since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at CMU CGES 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 Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 MO, the home state for Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Preschool Teachers	5,510	$30,440
Kindergarten Teachers	1,710	$51,630

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.