Early Childhood Education at Portland State University

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

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year.

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.

Portland State University Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Child development

Portland State University Early Childhood Education Rankings

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Child development Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 child development majors earned their master's degree from Portland State University. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. Portland State University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Portland State University, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Portland State University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology

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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Preschool Teachers	7,100	$30,400
Kindergarten Teachers	1,050	$72,830

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.