Early Childhood Education at University of Northwestern - St Paul

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

Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 3,506 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Northwestern Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 Northwestern 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
	85
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	123
	160
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	347
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	399
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	683
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	699

Child development Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Northwestern in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Northwestern 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
• 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 MN, the home state for University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Preschool Teachers	8,180	$37,500
Kindergarten Teachers	3,440	$60,580

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.