Early Childhood Education at Oklahoma City University

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

OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 2,617. Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma City University in 2021, 3 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

OCU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

OCU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at OCU 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 OCU 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
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	47
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	71
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	88
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	145
	175
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	291
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	309
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	350
	359
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	369
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	388
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	455
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	496
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	526
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In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in child development from OCU. This makes it the #88 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at OCU

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

OCU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went 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 Oklahoma City University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

OCU Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Early Childhood Education from OCU in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oklahoma City 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	0
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

OCU 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

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 OK, the home state for Oklahoma City University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Preschool Teachers	5,830	$29,310
Kindergarten Teachers	2,080	$40,120

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.