Early Childhood Education at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from NYU.

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.

NYU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

NYU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at NYU 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 NYU 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 Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	8
	23
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	71
	93
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	177

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in child development from NYU. This makes it the #88 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from NYU in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

NYU Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NYU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NYU 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
• Secondary 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Preschool Teachers	30,790	$48,630
Kindergarten Teachers	6,120	$79,410

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.