Early Childhood Education at Florida Gulf Coast University

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

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from FGCU.

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.

FGCU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

FGCU Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 FGCU 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
	22
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
	49
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	58
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	224
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	347
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	435
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	699
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	866

Child development Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from FGCU in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

FGCU 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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Preschool Teachers	25,940	$27,990
Kindergarten Teachers	10,680	$50,400

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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.