Early Childhood Education at East Central University

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 East Central University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Ada, Oklahoma and approximately 3,608 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from ECU.

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.

ECU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

ECU Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at ECU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	191
	205
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	230
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	256
	326
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	366
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	482
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	503

Child development Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from ECU. About 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at ECU 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 East Central University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 OK, the home state for East Central University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Preschool Teachers	5,830	$29,310
Kindergarten Teachers	2,080	$40,120

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 Brad Holt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.