Early Childhood Education at Rhode Island College

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Rhode Island College stacks up to those at other schools.

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072. Of the 134 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College in 2021, 27 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.

RIC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
• Master’s Degree in Child development

RIC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at RIC 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 RIC 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 Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	151
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	163
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	174
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	289
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	473
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	524

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in child development from RIC. This makes it the #151 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from RIC, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RIC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from RIC in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from RIC, 100% 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 Rhode Island College with a master's in child development.

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

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• 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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Preschool Teachers	1,120	$32,400
Kindergarten Teachers	560	$65,530

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.