Early Childhood Education at Elms 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 Elms College stacks up to those at other schools.

Elms College is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts and approximately 1,355 students attend the school each year. Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Elms College in 2021, 8 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.

Elms College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Elms College Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Elms College 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 Elms College 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
	138
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
	228
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	290
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	336
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	455
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	494
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	540
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	616

Child development Student Demographics at Elms College

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

Elms College Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Elms College, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Elms College 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 Elms College with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Elms College 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
• 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 MA, the home state for Elms College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Preschool Teachers	16,360	$39,180
Kindergarten Teachers	3,020	$75,510

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.