Early Childhood Education at DePaul University

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 students attend the school each year. Of the 106 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University in 2021, 22 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.

DePaul Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

DePaul Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at DePaul 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 DePaul 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
Best Value Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
	4
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	121
	154
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	170

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in child development from DePaul. This makes it the #59 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child development Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from DePaul in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DePaul Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 14 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from DePaul, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DePaul also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• Teacher Education
• 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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Kindergarten Teachers	4,630	$55,660

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 Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.