Early Childhood Education at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,119 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Northeastern Illinois University.

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.

Northeastern Illinois University Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Northeastern Illinois University Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Northeastern Illinois University 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 Northeastern Illinois University 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
	24
	54
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	66
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	151
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	234
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	367

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in child development from Northeastern Illinois University. This makes it the #151 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Northeastern Illinois University

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

Northeastern Illinois University Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at Northeastern Illinois University awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Northeastern Illinois University since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Northeastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Northeastern Illinois University Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in child development from Northeastern Illinois University. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Northeastern Illinois University, 100% 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 Northeastern Illinois University with a master's in child development.

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

Northeastern Illinois University 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
• 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 IL, the home state for Northeastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Kindergarten Teachers	4,630	$55,660

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 Serhii under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.