Early Childhood Education at Elmhurst University

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

Elmhurst is located in Elmhurst, Illinois and approximately 3,421 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Elmhurst.

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.

Elmhurst Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Elmhurst Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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 Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	22
	27
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
	58
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	77
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	77
	112
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	137
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	214
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	230
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	240
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	404
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	426
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	427

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in child development from Elmhurst. This makes it the #116 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Elmhurst

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

Elmhurst Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Elmhurst. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Elmhurst University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Elmhurst Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 child development majors earned their master's degree from Elmhurst. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Elmhurst, 100% 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 Elmhurst University with a master'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

Elmhurst 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
• Teacher 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 Elmhurst 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 Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.