Early Childhood Education at Hood College

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

Hood is located in Frederick, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,042. Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hood College in 2021, 7 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

Hood Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Hood Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Hood 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
	37
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
	78
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	103
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	300
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	473
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	550
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	641

Child development Student Demographics at Hood

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

Hood Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Hood in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Hood 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 Hood College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 MD, the home state for Hood College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Preschool Teachers	9,400	$38,440
Kindergarten Teachers	2,610	$67,170

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 Andrew.Belair under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.