Early Childhood Education at Mississippi College

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

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from MC.

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.

MC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

MC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at MC 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 child development major at MC 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
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	152
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	214
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	252
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	401
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	734

Child development Student Demographics at MC

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

MC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at MC 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 Mississippi College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MC 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
• 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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Preschool Teachers	2,820	$27,940
Kindergarten Teachers	1,140	$43,110

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.