Early Childhood Education at Chestnut Hill College

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Chestnut Hill College stacks up to those at other schools.

CHC is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,528. In 2021, 26 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from CHC.

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.

CHC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

CHC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at CHC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 CHC 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 Master’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
	32
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	39
	44
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	67
	106
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	173
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	173
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	201
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	213
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	361

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in child development from CHC. This makes it the #67 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at CHC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Chestnut Hill College.

CHC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from CHC in 2021, 8% were men and 92% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at CHC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Chestnut Hill College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CHC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

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

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Montessori Teacher Education
• 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 Chestnut Hill College.

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 Kiran under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.