Early Childhood Education at Peru State College

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

Peru State is located in Peru, Nebraska and approximately 1,902 students attend the school each year. Of the 56 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Peru State College in 2021, 7 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.

Peru State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Peru State Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 Peru State 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	70
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
	304
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	397
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	410
	465
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	641

Child development Student Demographics at Peru State

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

Peru State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Peru State. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Peru State 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 Peru State College with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Peru State 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 NE, the home state for Peru State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Preschool Teachers	1,300	$37,980
Kindergarten Teachers	920	$59,490

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.