Early Childhood Education at Otterbein University

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

Otterbein is located in Westerville, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,652. Of the 53 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Otterbein University in 2021, 25 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.

Otterbein Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Otterbein Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Otterbein 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 Otterbein 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	155
	225
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	245
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	249
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	334
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Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	422

Child development Student Demographics at Otterbein

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

Otterbein Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Otterbein, about 12% were men and 88% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Otterbein since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Otterbein 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 Otterbein University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching

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 OH, the home state for Otterbein University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Preschool Teachers	15,390	$29,020
Kindergarten Teachers	2,890	$59,750

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 Wdzinc under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.