Early Childhood Education at Plymouth State University

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

Plymouth State is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 4,491. Of the 87 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Plymouth State University in 2021, 20 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.

Plymouth State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Plymouth State Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Plymouth 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
	306
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	350
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	358
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	446
	468
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	526

Child development Student Demographics at Plymouth State

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

Plymouth State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Plymouth State. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Plymouth 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 Plymouth State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Plymouth 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

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• 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 NH, the home state for Plymouth State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Preschool Teachers	2,950	$30,860
Kindergarten Teachers	410	$56,710

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 User:Magicipiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.