Early Childhood Education at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,496. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from NWC.

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.

NWC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NWC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NWC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at NWC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at NWC 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 Master’s Degree Schools	2
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	5
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	5
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	14
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	19
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	25
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	29
	51
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools	51
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
	125
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	161
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169
	204

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in child development from NWC. This makes it the #29 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at NWC

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

NWC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from NWC. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at NWC 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 Northwestern College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NWC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students earned a master's degree in child development from NWC. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from NWC, 73% 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 Northwestern College with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• 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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Preschool Teachers	4,770	$27,030
Kindergarten Teachers	800	$53,200

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.