Early Childhood Education at Nova Southeastern University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Nova Southeastern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888. In 2021, 9 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from NUS Florida.

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.

NUS Florida Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

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? NUS Florida offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NUS Florida Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 NUS Florida 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 Associate Degree Schools	75
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Best Value Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	122
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	125
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	184
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	193
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	277
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	375
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	431
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	850

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in child development from NUS Florida. This is the #168 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

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

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

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

NUS Florida Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at NUS Florida awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Nova Southeastern University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

NUS Florida Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

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

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

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

NUS Florida 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 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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Preschool Teachers	25,940	$27,990
Kindergarten Teachers	10,680	$50,400

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.