Early Childhood Education at Kent State University at Kent

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

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and approximately 26,822 students attend the school each year.

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.

Kent State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Kent State Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at Kent State 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 Kent State

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

Kent State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Kent State 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 Kent State University at Kent with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	122
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Kent State Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of child development master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. Kent State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Kent State, 76% 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 Kent State University at Kent with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Secondary Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching

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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Preschool Teachers	15,390	$29,020
Kindergarten Teachers	2,890	$59,750

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.