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Early Childhood Education at Eastern University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Eastern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

EU is located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,504. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from EU.

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.

EU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

EU Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 EU 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 Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 13
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 44
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools 56
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools 124
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 266
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Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 347
Best Early Childhood Education Schools 392
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Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools 523

Child development Student Demographics at EU

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

EU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at EU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Eastern University with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 24
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 23
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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 PA, the home state for Eastern University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Preschool Teachers 13,480 $29,250
Kindergarten Teachers 3,350 $62,510

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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