Early Childhood Education at Philander Smith College

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Philander Smith College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Philander Smith is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and has a total student population of 799. In 2021, 6 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Philander Smith.

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.

Philander Smith Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Philander Smith Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Philander Smith 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 Philander Smith 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	49
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	185
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	674

Child development Student Demographics at Philander Smith

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

Philander Smith Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Philander Smith. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 Philander Smith College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for Philander Smith College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Preschool Teachers	3,520	$33,150
Kindergarten Teachers	1,410	$46,180

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.