Early Childhood Education at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Purdue.

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.

Purdue Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Purdue Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue 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 Purdue 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
	7
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	27
	68
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	246
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	359
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	422
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	848

Child development Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Purdue. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Purdue 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Preschool Teachers	6,510	$27,250
Kindergarten Teachers	2,000	$51,290

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.