Early Childhood Education at Grand Canyon University

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Grand Canyon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427.

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.

Grand Canyon University Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Grand Canyon University does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at Grand Canyon University 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 Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 1% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 99% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Grand Canyon University 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 Grand Canyon University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	97
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Grand Canyon University Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	178
Hispanic or Latino	112
White	254
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

Related Majors

• Adult & Continuing Education
• 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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Preschool Teachers	6,820	$31,010
Kindergarten Teachers	3,040	$44,670

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.