Early Childhood Education at College of Charleston

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at College of Charleston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 10,384.

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.

C of C Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

C of C Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at C of C 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.

Child development Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at C of C since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at C of C 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

C of C 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.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from C of C, 70% 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 College of Charleston with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Preschool Teachers	5,940	$28,940
Kindergarten Teachers	2,120	$52,540

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.