Early Childhood Education at College of the Ozarks

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 College of the Ozarks stacks up to those at other schools.

Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and approximately 1,489 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Hard Work U.

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.

Hard Work U Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Hard Work U Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Hard Work U 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	271
	359
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	388
	535
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	624
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	781

Child development Student Demographics at Hard Work U

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

Hard Work U Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hard Work U. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Hard Work U 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 the Ozarks with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hard Work U 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

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 College of the Ozarks.

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
• Image Credit: By Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.