Early Childhood Education at Dominican University

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what Dominican University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Dominican 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.

Dominican U Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Dominican U Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Dominican U performed in these rankings.

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 Dominican 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
	40
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
	86
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	187
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	206
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	369
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	375
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	388
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	776
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	781

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in child development from Dominican U. This is the #187 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Dominican U. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Dominican 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

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• Secondary Education
• 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 Dominican 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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.