Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University

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

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,644.

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.

ECSU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at ECSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

ECSU does offer online education options in child development for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

ECSU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at ECSU 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.

Child development Student Demographics at ECSU

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

ECSU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State 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	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECSU Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of child development master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from ECSU, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• 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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Preschool Teachers	5,690	$43,350
Kindergarten Teachers	1,450	$77,220

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.