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

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 17,735 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 84 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College.

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.

Brooklyn College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Brooklyn College Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Brooklyn College 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 Brooklyn 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
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	34
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	34
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	34
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	36
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	81
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	239

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in child development from Brooklyn College. This makes it the #11 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College. Of these graduates, 1% were men and 99% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Brooklyn College Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 child development majors earned their master's degree from Brooklyn College. Of these graduates, 2% were men and 98% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	21
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brooklyn 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

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Preschool Teachers	30,790	$48,630
Kindergarten Teachers	6,120	$79,410

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.