Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching at Kean University

If you plan to study kindergarten/preschool education and teaching, take a look at what Kean University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and has a total student population of 14,064. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching from Kean.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching section at the bottom of this page.

Kean Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

Kean Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching progam at Kean compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching major at Kean is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching. 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
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	1
Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education Master’s Degree Schools	1
Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education Master’s Degree Schools	5
Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education Schools	5
Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Kindergarten/Preschool Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Kindergarten/Preschool Education Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Kindergarten/Preschool Education Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Kindergarten/Preschool Education Schools	11
Most Focused Kindergarten/Preschool Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Value Kindergarten/Preschool Education Schools	20
Most Focused Kindergarten/Preschool Education Schools	50

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching from Kean. This makes it the #9 most popular school for kindergarten/preschool education and teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Student Demographics at Kean

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching majors at Kean University.

Kean Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching from Kean in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its kindergarten/preschool education and teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kean University with a bachelor's in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Kean Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching majors earned their master's degree from Kean. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Kean University with a master's in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching.

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

Kean also has a doctoral program available in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Elementary Education

Careers That Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in kindergarten/preschool education and teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Preschool Teachers	15,820	$40,880
Kindergarten Teachers	5,120	$67,400

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.