Early Childhood Education at Central Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Central Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and has a total student population of 17,311. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Central Michigan.

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.

Central Michigan Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Central Michigan Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Central Michigan 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
	164
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	282

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

Child development Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Central Michigan in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Central Michigan 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 Michigan University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Central Michigan 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
• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 Central Michigan 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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.