Early Childhood Education at Columbus State University

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

CSU is located in Columbus, Georgia and approximately 8,372 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from CSU.

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.

CSU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

CSU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at CSU 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 CSU 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	9
	82
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
	137
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	211
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	221
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in child development from CSU. This makes it the #124 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at CSU

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

CSU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from CSU in 2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at CSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Columbus State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CSU Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in Early Childhood Education from CSU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Secondary Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 GA, the home state for Columbus State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Preschool Teachers	14,430	$30,910
Kindergarten Teachers	4,720	$54,080

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.