Early Childhood Education at Lesley University

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

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,200. Of the 53 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lesley University in 2021, 25 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.

Lesley Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Lesley Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Lesley 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
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	95
	129
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	142
	326
	428
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	457

In 2021, 50 students received their master’s degree in child development from Lesley. This makes it the #13 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Lesley

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

Lesley Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Lesley. About 8% were men and 92% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Lesley since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lesley Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of child development master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. Lesley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Lesley, 66% 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 Lesley University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 MA, the home state for Lesley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Preschool Teachers	16,360	$39,180
Kindergarten Teachers	3,020	$75,510

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.