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Early Childhood Education at Lock Haven University

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Early Childhood Education at Lock Haven University

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what Lock Haven University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,163 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from LHU.

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.

LHU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

LHU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at LHU 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 LHU 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 Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 123
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 134
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools 174
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools 174
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 185
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 189
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Best Early Childhood Education Schools 257
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools 275
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools 340
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Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools 441

Child development Student Demographics at LHU

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

LHU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at LHU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Preschool Teachers 13,480 $29,250
Kindergarten Teachers 3,350 $62,510

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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