Early Childhood Education at University of Mount Olive

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at University of Mount Olive stacks up to those at other schools.

UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and approximately 2,536 students attend the school each year. Of the 84 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Mount Olive in 2021, 59 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.

UMO Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMO

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UMO offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UMO Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how UMO performed in these rankings.

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 UMO 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	15
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	53
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	86
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	124
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	138
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	143
	151
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	158
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
	289
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	427
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	434
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In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in child development from UMO. This makes it the #138 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at UMO

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

UMO Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from UMO in 2020-2021, 2% were men and 98% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UMO Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

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

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 NC, the home state for University of Mount Olive.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Preschool Teachers	16,110	$28,260
Kindergarten Teachers	3,320	$46,490

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 Mount Olive College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.